The first article "Cao Zhi":
Cao Zhi, the youngest son of Cao Cao, was gifted since childhood and was deeply loved by his father. After Cao Cao's death, his younger brother Cao Pi became the emperor of Wei. Cao Pi is a jealous man. He was worried that his younger brother would threaten his throne and wanted to kill him. One day, Cao Pi called Cao Zhi to him and asked him to write a poem within seven steps to prove that he was a Zen master who wrote poems. If he can't write it, it will be tantamount to deceiving the emperor and putting him to death.
Cao Zhi was sad and angry when he knew that his brother was going to kill him. He choked back his grief and thought hard ... Sure enough, he wrote a seven-step poem and read it out on the spot: soaking in the kettle, beans crying in the kettle. We were born from the same root, so why should we speculate with each other!
The second article "Adding" Waist "to Poetry":
Legend has it that one day, I talked about poetry with He, Su Dongpo and Huang. Su Xiaomei said, "Xu Lai is a cool breeze. Add a word between the two sentences as the' waist' of the poem and become a five-character sentence. " Su Dongpo thought for a moment and then said, "The breeze shakes the willows, and the bright moon reflects the plum blossoms." Su Xiaomei said, "Not bad. However, this' waist' is not beautiful enough. " Huang Gu went on to chant, "The breeze dances with fine willows, and the moonlight hides plum blossoms."
Su Xiaomei said: "This is a good sentence, but it still doesn't use the ideal words." Su Dongpo couldn't help it at this moment and asked, "So, what word did you add, sister?" Su Xiaomei said, "Brother's words" shake "and" reflect "really describe the dynamics of the willow and the bright moon.
However, Gu Gong's "dancing" and "hiding" are slightly better. Because' dance' imitates human movements and reflects Liu's posture more vividly; "Concealment" is an exaggerated way of writing, which makes the bright moon more prominent. And what I want to say is:' the breeze helps the willows, and the bright moon loses the plum blossoms'. "Su Dongpo, yellow valley heard, clap together.
Su Xiaomei's word "help" and "loss" personifies "help" more accurately, which not only describes the slight wind and delicate willow, but also describes the expression of intimacy and snuggling between the wind and willow, so it is more vivid and appropriate than the "dance" of Huang Gu. The word "lost" is also more vivid than the word "hidden", which accurately describes the integration of the moon and plum blossoms.