The reason why Cao Cao's four-character poems surpass the Han Dynasty

First, the artistic style of generosity and sadness. This poem expresses the author's desire to recruit talented people and unify the world, and shows his broad mind. The author's lofty ambition and broad mind set the tone of this poem, but he expressed his ambition and mind in a short period of sadness and anxiety about talents, so his style appeared gloomy and depressed, forming a generous and sad style.

Second, the emotional expression of twists and turns and repeated sighs. This poem is novel in conception. While drinking and listening to songs, the poet thought out of thin air and came up with many twists and turns in the poem. It seems to be coherent, but they all revolve around one center-thinking about talents. Write a brief worry first, why bother, because without the help of talents, you can't unify the world in your lifetime. Write the feeling of longing for wisdom, and repeatedly express the troubles and joys that you can't get. Finally, the attitude of attracting wisdom by writing tricks, or the thinking of the wise. A clue runs through the whole poem, so the flow of the author's thoughts seems to be random and persistent.

Third, Bixing technique. This poem inherits the fine tradition of The Book of Songs and is quite successful in using metaphor. For example, "Ming is as bright as the moon, when can I resign", comparing talented people to the moon wheel to express the heart of respecting the virtuous and loving the people; Another example is the phrase "the moon stars are scarce", which means that there are still talents who are helpless, indicating their intention to recruit talents; Another example is "the mountain is not too high, and the water is not too deep", which means that the more talented people, the better. All of them are appropriate, and the metaphor is appropriate, which makes the expression of the poet's thirst more tortuous and artistic.

Fourth, the characteristics of language form. In Cao Cao's time, the four-character style of The Book of Songs had already declined, but Cao Cao still wrote excellent works of four-character style. This poem is a striking example. In the poem, four sentences, "Green and graceful, leisurely in my heart" and "Wandering in Luming Literature", are quoted from the Book of Songs, attracting nature, blending with the whole poem, having the beauty of helping, and not being suspected of plagiarism.