What are the characteristics of Cao Cao's poems?

1, generous and sad, rich in outline, unrestrained and lyrical. The lyric standard of poetry was really established in Jian 'an period. Among the poets in Jian 'an period, Cao Cao's poems first showed strong lyricism and personalization. His lofty spirit is rooted in his own powerful spiritual strength. It is precisely because of his political height and sensitive mentality that scholars examine society and understand life that his Yuefu poems are so generous and sad and rich in outline. This is the style feature of Cao Cao's Yuefu poems, especially the generous and sad style feature, which almost became the feature of the whole literary world in Jian 'an period.

2, simple and desolate, simple and natural. This is an important style feature of Cao Cao's poems. Kong Ruiming said in "Folk Song Characteristics and Literati in Cao Cao's Poems": "Zhong Rong said in his poem:" Cao Gong is ancient and straight, with sad sentences. " This summarizes the so-called "ancient straightness" in Cao Cao's poetic style, and "ancient" refers to Gu Zhuo.

3. Have a strong sense of historical mission. Because of its special political status, Cao Cao took the world as his responsibility and made progress and self-improvement all his life. He fought all his life with the goal of unifying China, and his ambition and experience are recorded in his poems. Therefore, all his poems basically have a heavy sense of historical mission, which is a style feature that other Jian 'an poets have never had.