Cao Zhi, the third son born to Cao Cao and Empress Wu Xuanbian, a famous literary scholar during the Three Kingdoms period, as one of the representative figures of Jian'an literature and a master of the collection, his "LuoshenFu", "Seven Lamentations", "White Horse" and so on are famous articles, known in ancient and modern times, and praised by future generations. When Cao Cao was alive, as the heir to the family business, Cao Zhi had always been a strong competitor, which made Cao Pi jealous, and Cao Zhi's talent also made Cao Pi jealous, Cao Pi said that the empress dowager had the idea of getting rid of Cao Zhi, so he set up a bureau and asked Cao Zhi to make a poem within seven steps, in a vain attempt to kill Cao Zhi.
Cao Pi character film and television image (photo)
Cao Zhi was very sad about Cao Pi's approach, and his brothers did not want to go to this point, and in desperation, Cao Zhi used his talent to deal with Cao Pi's "poisonous and ruthless", and before he could take seven steps, Cao Zhi wrote a poem: "Boiled beans hold as soup, and wet seeds think of juice." The calves burn under the kettle, and the beans weep in the kettle; they are born from the same root, so why is it too urgent to fry each other? "Cao Pi, in addition to being an emperor, is also a man who has read the scriptures and is familiar with the teachings of the Hundred Schools of Thought, and is also a literary scholar of the Three Kingdoms period, and the meaning of the poems written by Cao Zhi, how can he not know, how can he not understand? Hearing the poems written by Cao Zhi, Cao Pi was very touched and ashamed of his actions, so he did not embarrass Cao Zhi, but chose to let Cao Zhi go. This is the story of Cao Zhi's seven steps into poetry, Cao Zhizhi's talent is visible, and the Southern Dynasty Song dynasty writer Xie Lingyun commented on Cao Zhi that "there is only one stone in the world, and Cao Zijian has eight buckets."
Cao Zhi's character film and television image (pictured)
Cao Zhi's seven steps into poetry are praised by people. Coincidentally, the author regrets that he once again talked about a talented person, who was a celebrity of the Qing Dynasty, and also as talented as Cao Zhi, who was known as the "first talented man in Lingnan" by the world. He was a famous poet, educator, calligrapher in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, and a clean official Song Xiang. Song Xiang was intelligent from an early age, a famous prodigy, and under the influence of his father, mr. Teacher, Song Xiang read diligently and read a lot of books. Song Xiang was 9 years old, exported into a chapter, the 12-year-old child test ranked first in the list, and later the township test won the first place and won the Xie Yuan, when the test was Song Xiangzhong second class jinshi, was awarded the Hanlin Yuan Shu Jishi by the imperial court. Song Xiang, talented and involved in a wide range of subjects, is proficient in poetry, education, calligraphy, couplets, etc., especially good at couplets, and his five-step story is well known and praised by future generations.
Song Xiang's father was only a teacher in the private school, with a meager income, so Song Xiang grew up in a poor family. In order to change his fate, Song Xiang decided to go to Guangzhou to take the exam, but his family was so poor that he could not prepare enough to wrap up. When he traveled to Huizhou, the coils on his body were already used completely, and it was still far from Guangzhou, what to do? Song Xiang thought about it for half a day, so he had to turn to the prefect of Huizhou for help. At that time, the governor of Huizhou was Yi Bingshou, who was also a famous scholar at that time, a famous calligrapher and writer in the Qing Dynasty, and also liked couplets.
For Song Xiang's reputation, Yi Bingshou had already heard about it, and now, he came to ask for help, this help was to help, but for Song Xiang's talent, he only heard about it, and wanted to test one or two to see if Song Xiang was real material. So he said to Song Xiang, "I heard that you are only eight buckets high, I have a question here to test you, if you do it, then I will definitely fund you and give you enough coils to help you go to the exam." ”
Film and television images of Qing Dynasty characters (photo)
Song Xiang said, "But please ask the prefect to ask the question!" ”
Yi Bingshou said: "I want you to write a couplet, the requirement is that you must complete it within five steps, and the connection you make must contain four words of southeast, south, and northwest." ”
Song Xiang took a few steps, thought about it a little, and before he could take five steps, he wrote: "The ancients of Nanling looked at the Beidou; Dongpo lives in the West Lake today." Yi Bingshou looked at it and was amazed, sincerely admiring and admiring Song Xiangzhi's talent, and then fulfilled his promise and funded Song Xiang to successfully participate in the examination.
Although the story of Song Xiang's five-step alliance is not as famous as the story of Cao Zhi's seven-step poem, and is more widely disseminated, later generations often juxtapose the two stories as praise: "Cao Zhi's seven steps into poetry, Song Xiang's five steps into a union." (Text: Repentance of the Past)