Fu on Tongquetai was written by Cao Zhi when he finished Tongquetai in Yecheng, Linzhang, Handan City, Hebei Province in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. It is a classic in Han Fu, with gorgeous words. At that time, after the completion of Tongquetai, Cao Cao summoned officials from civil and military departments to hold a contest meeting in front of the stage and ordered his sons to go to the stage to give it to Fu. Among them, Cao Zhi wrote a chapter and made this work.
Linzhang was called Ye in ancient times. In the Western Jin Dynasty, Yecheng was the taboo emperor Sima Ye, renamed as "Linzhang" and named after Zhanghe in the north. During the Three Kingdoms, the Jin Dynasty and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Yecheng, as the capital of Cao Wei, Hou Zhao, Eastern Wei and Northern Qi Dynasties, lived in the political, economic, cultural and military center of northern China for four centuries, creating splendid history and culture, which made Linzhang enjoy the reputation of "the hometown of the Three Kingdoms and the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties".
Creative background:
In the fifteenth year of Jian 'an, Cao Cao defeated the third son of Yuan Shao, conquered Wuhuan in the north and pacified the north. So he built his capital in Ye (in Linzhang, Handan City, Hebei Province) and built a bronze sparrow terrace on the bank of Zhanghe River. It is ten feet high and divided into three groups, each group is 60 steps apart, and the flying bridge in the middle is connected. Then Cao Zhi made this work.
After hearing this, Cao Cao greatly praised him, named him Hou Pingyuan, and encouraged him to say, "I used to be a mound commander in my early twenties, and I think what I did at that time is worthwhile today." Now that you have grown up, don't force it! "