From Cao Cao's "Stepping out of Xiamen Xing·Guishu Shou"
Chapter: Laoji Fufu
Explanation Ji: a good horse, a thousand-mile horse; Fu: a manger, A place where horses are raised. It is a metaphor for an ambitious person who still has great ambitions even though he is old.
From Cao Cao's "Stepping out of the Xiamen" of the Three Kingdoms Wei Dynasty: "The old man is in trouble, and his ambition is thousands of miles."
The example uses flying dragon in the sky, right~. (Volume 1 of "Notes of Laoxue'an" by Lu You of the Song Dynasty)
Cimeter: Martyrs are ambitious in their old age
Interpretation of martyrdom: A hero with lofty ambitions has: ceased and declined. When a hero reaches his old age, his ambitions will not diminish.
Source: Three Kingdoms·Wei·Cao Cao's "Stepping out of Xia Men Xing·Gui Suishuo": "The old man is in trouble, his ambition is In the twelfth year of Jian'an, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, in May of the twelfth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao defeated the greater number with less in the Battle of Guandu. Yuan Shao was defeated. After that, the army's power was greatly strengthened, and Cao Cao became more ambitious. In July of this year, Cao Cao had the ambition to unify the north. He led the army out of Lulongzhai and marched day and night to attack Wuhuan. As soon as the army arrived at Liucheng, That is to say, they defeated the Wuhuan cavalry and killed Shanyu Tadun. Yuan Shao's sons Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi fled from Liucheng to Gongsun Kang in Pingzhou. After Cao Cao's generals learned about this, they persuaded Cao Cao to take advantage of the victory to attack and win Pingzhou. Prefecture, annihilate the Yuan brothers. Cao Cao knew very well that Gongsun Kang and the two Yuans were at odds. If he rushed to attack Pingzhou, they would definitely join forces to resist; if they waited for a while, they would definitely kill each other. So he ignored all the generals. On the advice of Cao Cao, he ordered the withdrawal of troops. Within a few days, Gongsun Kang sent the heads of the Yuan brothers. In this way, Cao Cao's great cause of conquering Wuhuan and unifying the north was completed.
Just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Cao Cao He ordered his troops to return to the court. After more than ten days of arduous trek, the army finally walked out of the desolate Liucheng and arrived in Changli, Hebei Province. It is bordered by Jieshi in the east and Canghai in the west. Cao Cao stood on the top of the mountain and looked at the sea. At this time, the sun set in the west. , the blue sea is golden; the islands in the distance are looming, and the nearby waves are rolling forward...
Seeing such a magnificent scenery, Cao Cao couldn't help but become poetically inspired, and blurted out:
To the east is the Jieshi to view the vast sea.
The water is sluggish, the mountains and islands stand tall.
There are thick trees and luxuriant grass.
The autumn wind is bleak and the waves are strong. Swelling up.
The journey of the sun and the moon is as if it comes out of it.
The stars are brilliant as if they are out of it.
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After returning to the military camp, Cao Cao still had ups and downs in his heart and could not calm down for a long time. He thought: Although Yuan Shao and Tadun in the north have made peace, Sun Quan and Liu Bei in the south still dominate each other. The great cause of the reunification of the motherland has not yet been realized. At this time, Cao Cao has already He is fifty-three years old, but he has the heavy responsibility of history on his shoulders, and the mission of reunifying the motherland is still calling him. Thinking about it, his passion became unbearable, and his pride arose again. He strode to the case and wrote:
Although the tortoise has a long life, it still has its time.
The flying snake rides on the mist, but in the end it becomes ashes.
The old man is restless, but his ambition is thousands of miles.
In his old age, the martyr was full of ambition.
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These two poems express Cao Cao's positive and enterprising spirit of loving nature, despising destiny, being strong as time goes by, and aiming for a thousand miles. His heroic ambition to change reality and unify the country.