In the first month of the first year of Huang Chu (220), Cao Cao died at the age of 66, and Cao Pi was promoted to Wang Wei by the prince. In October of the same year, Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty was forced to abdicate, and Cao Pi acceded to the throne, claiming himself. Cao Pi couldn't let go of the experience of fighting for the Crown Prince. After he proclaimed himself emperor, he still held a grudge against Cao Zhi. He was worried that this learned and politically ambitious younger brother would threaten his throne, so he tried to get rid of him. Cao Zhi knew that his brother had deliberately framed himself, but he could not excuse himself. He had to write a poem within seven steps in extreme grief and indignation.
Extended data:
Seven step poem
Han Dynasty: Cao Zhi
Boil beans and burn beans, and the beans cry in the pot.
We are born from the same root. What's the hurry? (first edition)
Boiled beans are used as soup and fermented into juice. (The first work: black beans)
Honey burns under the pot, and beans cry in the pot.
We are born from the same root, so why rush to speculate with each other? (second edition)
Translation:
The beans are boiling in the pot, the beanstalk is burning under the pot bottom, and the beans are crying in the pot.
Beans and beanstalks originally grew on the same root. How can beanstalk torture beans in such a hurry? (first edition)
Boil the beans in a pot, filter the bean dregs, and leave the bean juice to make soup.
The beanstalk burns under the pot, and the beans cry in the pot.
Beans and beanstalks originally grew on the same root. How can beanstalk torture beans in such a hurry? (second edition)
Baidu Encyclopedia-Seven Steps Poetry