Cao Zhi's creation is divided into two periods in 220 years (twenty-five years of Jian 'an). His early poems mainly praised his ideals and ambitions, filled with optimism and romance, and full of confidence in the future; Later poems mainly express the grief and indignation caused by the contradiction between ideal and reality.
Cao Zhi was a famous writer in the Three Kingdoms period. As one of the representatives and epitomizers of Jian 'an literature, he was promoted to the position of a model article in the Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. His representative works include Luo Shen Fu, White Horse, Seven Wounded Poems, etc.
Literary and artistic achievements:
Cao Zhi's works were collected by Cao Zijian. Cao Zijian's anthology *** 10 contains Cao Zhi's poems and essays. Among them, there are more than 80 poems, more than half of which are Yuefu poems. Representative works include Seven Wounded Poems, White Horse Sketch, White Horse Wang Biao, Wan Li Guest at the Door, etc. Among them, Ode to Luoshen describes the beauty of Luochuan goddess, which is a wonderful flower in the literary garden.