The writing background of Cao Cao's Dangexing:
As for the creation time of this poem, there are roughly five theories in academic circles:
1. In Su Shi's "Red Cliff" Based on the language of "Hengshan Fu Poetry" in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is said that Cao Cao recited this "Sing to Wine and Song" before the Battle of Chibi, and the time was set at the end of the 13th year of Jian'an (208).
2. The theory of seeking talents comes from Zhang Keli's "Three Cao Chronicles": "It expresses the passionate desire to recruit talents and was written at the same time as the "Order of Seeking Talents"." The time was in the 15th year of Jian'an (210) .
3. Bin sang the lead and said that this idea came from Wan Shengnan. He believed that this poem was written in the first year of Jian'an in the Han Dynasty (196), when Cao Cao moved to the Han Dynasty to offer the emperor to Xudu, and Cao Cao and his confidants such as Xun The harmonious work of Yu and others.
4. Carpe diem is said, but there is no research on the specific time. This theory was proposed by Shen Deqian in Volume 5 of "The Source of Ancient Poetry": ""Dan Ge Xing" says that it is time to be happy."
5. Wang Qing's "Entertaining Karasuma Xing Chan Yu Pu Fu" Lu's statement at the banquet was made in May of the 21st year of Jian'an (216).
Extended information:
Appreciation:
"Singing to wine, what is life like? It's like morning dew, the past days are so bitter." The opening chapter is full of profound thoughts. Feelings and sighs, a bit confused and a bit tired. But Cao Cao was an open-minded and upright politician, and although he was "unforgettable with worries".
But he would not brood alone, but would drink to relieve his worries, "Only Du Kang". A glass of wine can pour into your heart, and a glass of wine can also be boiled with green plums to talk about the heroes of the world. Thinking of the heroes in the world, his heart was shocked.
So I directly transcribed a few lines from the Book of Songs without changing one word, "The green seeds are soothing in my heart." Play the Sheng." Directly express his desire and yearning for talents and heroes.
He quoted it so appropriately and naturally, it was integrated into the whole poem without any trace. This Cao Cao has been walking on the political and military stage his whole life. He has been in dangerous situations many times and has been plotted against by countless enemies. He actually has such profound literary qualities.
It is really admirable to make the contents of "The Book of Songs" invisible. He repeatedly chanted his longing for talented people: "It is as bright as the moon, when can it be touched? The sorrow comes from it and cannot be cut off." New and old friends gathered happily at the banquet, "We talked about the banquet. I remember the old kindness."
Looking up at the sky where "the moon and stars are sparse, and the black magpies flying south", he understood their hesitation and hesitation of "circling the tree three times. Where are the branches to rely on"? Cao Cao opened his mind and tolerance as a statesman, "Mountains are never too high. The sea never gets tired of being deep. The Duke of Zhou spits out food, and the world returns to its heart."
Faced with the battle that may be about to begin, he finally got rid of his melancholy and showed his heroic feelings of unifying the country. This "short song line" begins with the infinite emotion "Singing over wine, what is the shape of life?"
By the end of the aspirational poem "The Duke of Zhou spits out food, and the world returns to its heart", the whole poem is full of emotions and contradictions, and his soul is full of twists and turns, just like his life, which is full of contradictions and entanglements, loneliness and struggle.
Introduction to the author:
Cao Cao (155-220, Gengzi in the first month of the lunar month), also known as Mengde, also known as Ahao, was born in Peiguoqiao (now Bozhou City, Anhui Province), Han nationality. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the famous statesman, military strategist, writer, and poet, and the founder of the Cao Wei regime, conquered all directions in the name of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, destroyed the separatist forces such as Yuan, Lu Bu, Liu Biao, and Han Sui internally, and surrendered the Southern Xiongnu, Uzbekistan, etc. externally. Huan, Xianbei, etc.
Unified northern China and implemented a series of policies to restore economic production and social order, laying the foundation for the founding of Cao Wei. When Cao Cao was alive, he served as the Prime Minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and later as the King of Wei. After his death, he was given the posthumous title of King Wu. After his son Cao Pi became emperor, he was honored as Emperor Wu of Wei. Cao Cao read a lot of books, especially the art of war, and once copied the strategies of various ancient schools of war.
There is also the work "Wei Wu Zhu Sunzi" which annotated "The Art of War". In 220 AD (the first month of the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an), Cao Cao returned to Luoyang. That month, he died of illness in Luoyang at the age of sixty-six. In October of this year, King Cao Pi of Wei replaced the Han Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor. His country was named Wei. He followed Cao Cao as Emperor Wu and his temple was named Taizu.
In 2009, Anyang City, Henan Province announced the discovery of Cao Cao's tomb, causing a sensation and controversy. At the end of 2012, Fudan University used DNA technology to confirm the DNA of Cao Cao’s family.