After Cao Cao's death, Cao Pi inherited Wang Wei from Cao Cao. Later, he became emperor. When he became emperor, Cao Pi wanted to punish his brother Cao Zhi. One day, Cao Pi called Cao Zhi to the front. Cao Pi said, "When your father was alive, you often boasted in front of others with poems and articles. I ask you, were those poems written by others? "
Cao Zhi replied, "I have never asked anyone to write for me. I wrote it myself. " Cao Pi said with a straight face, "Good! Now I ask you to write a poem. You walk seven steps in the temple, and after seven steps, you must write this poem. If you take seven steps and haven't finished writing the poem, you will be severely punished for deceiving the monarch! "
Cao Zhiming knew that his younger brother Cao Pi wanted to use this as an excuse to harm him, but with his own talent and knowledge, he was sure to write a poem in seven steps, so he replied unhurriedly: "Please give me a topic!" Cao Pi thought for a moment and said, "You and I are brothers, so we use the word' brother' as the topic. However, the word' brother' is not allowed in the poem! "
Cao Zhi had no choice but to start from the golden bench, take one step, read one sentence, and write down the poem before he finished seven steps. Boiled beans are used as soup and fermented into juice. Honey burns under the pot, and beans cry in the pot. This is the same root, and we are too eager to fry each other.
Appreciation of the whole poem:
This poem takes fried beans as a metaphor to accuse Cao Pi of cruel persecution of himself and other brothers. The tone is euphemistic and deep, and there are reminders and exhortations in sarcasm. On the one hand, this reflects Cao Zhi's cleverness, on the other hand, it also reflects Cao Pi's cruelty in persecuting his brothers and sisters. The beauty of this poem lies in its clever metaphor and clear meaning.
Beans and beanstalks are born from the same root, just like brothers. When the beanstalk burns, cook the beans in the pot and "cry". This metaphor is very touching, very touching.
Of course, the style of this poem is not consistent with other poems in Cao Zhi's collected works, because it was written in a hurry, so it is far from the tempering of language and the exquisiteness of images. It has won the appreciation of readers for thousands of years with appropriate and vivid metaphors and clear and profound meanings.