Boiled beans are used as soup and fermented into juice.
Honey burns under the pot, and beans cry in the pot.
We are born from the same root, so why rush to speculate with each other?
Translation:
Cook beans to make bean soup. I want to filter out the residue of beans and leave the bean juice for soup. The beanstalk burns under the pot, and the beans cry in the pot. Beans and beanstalks originally grew on the same root. How can beanstalk torture beans in such a hurry?
Source: Seven-step Poetry of the Three Kingdoms
Poetry appreciation
Because this poem and the story derived from it, with the Romance of the Three Kingdoms spreading so widely, people would rather believe in it than believe in it. A detailed discussion of this poem is also in line with the relationship between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi's brothers at that time, as well as Cao Zhi's brilliant and eloquent characteristics. When Cao Cao was alive, the relationship between Pi and Zhi was tense because he repeatedly established a prince. After Cao Wei ascended the throne, he stepped up his control and persecution of Cao Zhi.
Therefore, although Cao Zhi was a vassal, he was not allowed to act at will, and even lost his basic personal freedom, which was also reflected in the poem "White Horse for Wang Biao".
This poem compares the relationship between beans and fermented bean curd to brothers, and compares the burning of fermented bean curd and boiling bean juice to brothers and sisters. The whole poem is full of metaphors and profound implications. It not only wrote the indignation and grief of the persecuted, but also skillfully put forward complaints and advice to the persecuted, which was alert and thought-provoking, thus making Cao Pi "deeply faded" at that time. Poetry also makes sense.