Cao Cao's representative works include Journey to Bitter Cold, Longevity Turtle, Journey of Short Songs, Watching the Sea, etc.
Cao Cao (155-220), whose real name is Meng De, is not only an outstanding strategist, politician, but also a poet. Today, there are more than 20 poems. Some of his poems truly reflect the social reality of the turmoil and sufferings of the people in the late Han Dynasty. For example, Hao recorded the darkest and chaotic history before and after Dong Zhuo's rebellion at the end of Han Dynasty, and described the tragic reality caused by warlords' struggle for power and profit. There is no cock crow in a thousand miles. It's scary to think about it. "The other part of the poem expresses his ambition in life and his ambition to unify the world. For example, "Looking at the Sea" describes what I saw and felt when I climbed Jieshi to see the sea, and shows the author's spirit and broad mind in dealing with the universe. " Although "Guishou" expresses the positive and enterprising spirit of being old and strong; Short songs express the desire for talents and the determination to make contributions. Cao Cao creatively wrote current events in Yuefu ancient prose, such as Lu Luxing and Hao. These are all elegies, but in Cao Cao's works, they are called the Book of the Later Han Dynasty because they reflect the uniqueness of reality. In addition, his four-character poems have injected new vitality into the already rigid and stagnant form. Cao Cao not only used
Cao Cao's prose most prominently embodies the style of simplicity, freedom, beauty and growth, which is different from that of Han Dynasty. His representative works "Let Counties Know Their Stories" and "Let Sages Not Be Arrested for Their Morality" all use simple and natural brushwork, and express their hearts directly and sincerely without being bound by etiquette.
Cao Pi (187-226), Cao Cao's second son, abandoned Han as Wei Wendi in 220 AD. There are about 40 existing poems in various forms, including four words, five words, six words, seven words, miscellaneous words, etc., mostly for expressing life feelings and thinking about life philosophy. Only some of them are written on this subject. Most of them are homesick for wanderers, while others are homesick for their wives. They use traditional themes to express the atmosphere of the times, which is cold, turbulent, resentful and life-threatening. The style is beautiful and generous. Two of the most famous poems, Ge Yanxing, are the earliest complete seven-character poems in China, which have had a great influence on the development of later songs. One is about women tossing and turning on a bleak autumn night. The language of Cao Pi's articles is more and more beautiful, with a strong sense of xenophobia and lyricism, which represents the tendency of the article from quality to country. For example, The Book with Wu describes the feelings of friends and their relaxed temperament in the process of nostalgia and mourning for death. With sad and sincere feelings, smooth and euphemistic language and exquisite and beautiful writing, it is a masterpiece with implicit affection, love and literariness.
Cao Zhi (192-232), the fourth son of Cao Cao, is healthy and talented. There are more than 90 existing poems, which are divided into two periods based on the twenty-five years of Jian 'an.
There are two main types of his early works. A kind of works was sad at that time. For example, two poems by Ying Ying describe the desolation and ruin of Luoyang, while Song of Fu Liang on Mount Tai describes the abject poverty of the seaside people, both of which show deep sympathy for the people. The other kind expresses the ideal ambition of making contributions, full of optimism and romance. For example, "White Horse" uses the image of a spirited and wandering knight who is in a hurry to go to the national disaster.
In the later period, I mainly expressed my grief and indignation at being sent away and abandoned. There are four themes: First, expressing anger at the persecution of oneself and friends, and the representative work is Wang Biao on a White Horse. The whole poem is divided into seven chapters, angrily accusing the cruel persecution of brothers and princes by Cao Pi Group, and expressing his tortuous and complicated feelings such as grief, fear, desolation and indignation. The other is the traditional theme of in my heart forever, which is to learn from his wife. From this, I entrusted my own experiences and feelings, my thoughts were sad and my imagination was novel. The third is to express one's mind directly, such as the five straight lines in Miscellaneous Poems, which express the ambition of serving the country generously and unwilling to live in seclusion. Fourthly, the poems about immortals, except for a few expressions of seeking and eating immortals, mostly express my yearning for seclusion and seclusion because of the cold world.
Cao Zhi's poems are both literary and artistic, and have made great achievements. He expanded the theme and content of poetry from many aspects, paid attention to the description of melody and skills in art, and created rich works, which greatly enriched the artistic expression of poetry. Zhong Rong's "Poetry" commented on his poems: "The spirit is extremely high, the words are Hua Mao, the feelings are elegant and resentful, and the body is literary." Cao Zhi was also the first person to write a five-character poem vigorously.
Cao Zhi's prose is lyrical, with concise and orderly narrative theory, strong emotional color and seemingly handy. For example, "Seeking the Self-Test Table", with allusions, repeated metaphors, and sincere love words, expressed his loyalty and eagerness to do things. In artistic form, it is used.
His "Ode to the God of Luoshui" is a legend of Cao Zhi's remembrance of the God of Luoshui in Huang San (222). The whole article is exquisite in brushwork and flowery in words, vividly portraying the beautiful, clever and illusory image of the goddess, and vividly expressing the endless sadness and disappointment that people can't give up when they meet God.