The two short songs are two poems written by Cao Cao, a politician and writer at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, with the theme of ancient Yuefu. Four-character poetry is a genre of China's traditional poetry. "Siyan" refers to a poem composed of four words, which belongs to the category of classical poetry. Four-character poem refers to a poem written in four sentences, which runs through the capital.
The first poem expresses the poet's desire for virtue and ambition to unify the world through the singing of banquets. The second song praises Zhou Wenwang, Qi Huangong and Jin Wengong's adherence to the history of the Minister's Day, indicating that they only have the ambition to help the Han Dynasty, but have no intention of representing the Han Dynasty's independence.
Short song appreciation;
The theme of singing opera on wine is very clear, that is, the author hopes to have a large number of talents for his own use. In his political activities, in order to expand his ruling base among civilian landlords and crack down on reactionary hereditary forces, Cao Cao once strongly emphasized "meritocracy", and for this reason, he successively issued orders to seek talents, recruit scholars and escape.
The "short song" is actually a "song of seeking virtue", and because it adopts the form of poetry and contains rich lyrical elements, it can play a unique infectious role, effectively publicize his persistence and cooperate with his decrees.