When it comes to the two brothers Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, most people's first reaction is "bad relationship", after all, this brother is forcing his brother to "seven steps into poetry", otherwise he will have the fierce role of his brother's life, fortunately, his younger brother Cao Zhi is smart and wise, and he successfully made "Seven Steps Poem" to resolve the crisis. But the brother did not have the intention of giving up, this is not, Cao Pi accidentally saw two cows fighting, so he ordered Cao Zhi to take a hundred steps into a poem, and there can be no cow characters, otherwise... So what kind of poem did Cao Zhi make this time? Don't worry, let's elaborate.
Cao's family is familiar to everyone, first of all, his father Cao Cao, a generation of tyrants, the founder of the Wei regime during the Three Kingdoms period, an outstanding politician, military expert, and literary scholar, and also the father of 31 children (including 25 sons), the key of these children, many of these children also inherited the excellent genes of the Cao family, can write and fight, very good. Therefore, it is really difficult to stand out in front of my father and get favored.
Originally, Cao Cao's favorite successor was the eldest son Cao Ang, who followed Cao Cao on his southern expeditions to the north for many years, whether it was personal connections or military talent, he was quite good, but unfortunately he died in the battlefield in order to save Cao Cao. The grief-stricken Cao Cao set his sights on Cao Chong, who could be called an elephant at a young age, and as a result, Cao Chong died prematurely.
Thinking about it, in the end, only Cao Pi and Cao Zhi were the most suitable, it is reasonable to say that Cao Pi was the eldest son of Lady Bian of the main room, and his ability was good, and he was the best successor, but Cao Cao was hesitant to let go of him, and he liked Cao Zhi with excellent literary talent, so the relationship between Hu Pi and Zhi deteriorated day by day, laying the groundwork for future tragedies.
Although Cao Zhi was favored by his father first, unfortunately, he did not seize the opportunity, and an incident occurred in the twenty-second year of Jian'an (217), which made Cao Cao extremely disappointed in him, when Cao Cao was out, Cao Zhi was drunk, and even drove open the gate of the palace without authorization, and the road he took was exactly the special passage for the emperor to hold the ceremony, which made Cao Cao very angry. Another time, Cao Ren was besieged by Guan Yu's army, and Cao Cao asked Cao Zhi to lead his troops to break the siege, but he drank too much and could not walk at all. Cao Cao became more and more disappointed in him.
Cao Pi saw the situation, immediately saw the stitches and needles, while showing that he was reliable in doing things, while not forgetting to satirize his brother, Cao Cao thought twice, decided to establish Cao Pi as the son of the world, 3 years later, Cao Cao died, Cao Pi succeeded him as the chancellor and the king of Wei. In the same year, Emperor Xian of Han gave the throne to Cao Pi, and he finally succeeded in ascending the throne at the age of 33, establishing the State of Wei as a Han Dynasty.
It is reasonable to say that it should be regarded as a happy event for his brother to become emperor, and as a result, Cao Zhi heard that his brother abolished Han and stood on his own, and he immediately put on his mourning clothes and wept for the Han Dynasty, it is conceivable that Cao Pi would be more angry, and his mother Bian Saw the situation, immediately blocked from it, protected Cao Zhi, hindered his mother's face, Cao Pi did not do anything to Cao Zhi, he could only seal him several times, restricting Cao Zhi everywhere, but even so, Cao Zhi was still a thorn in Cao Pi's heart.
When Cao Pi led the Southern Expedition to Eastern Wu and returned, "deliberately" went to Yongqiu to visit his brother, when the two met, there happened to be 2 cows fighting, seeing that one of them was about to lose, was pushed into the dry well and fell to his death, Cao Pi saw the situation and said to his brother: "My brother is known for his quick thinking, why not give poetry within a hundred steps?" Later, a condition was attached, the word "cow" could not appear in the whole poem, Cao Zhi smiled bitterly, knowing what his brother meant by this, he took a few steps with his hands behind his back, and then chanted:
The two flesh walked in unison, and the transverse bone was worn on the head. Walk to the side of the soil head, and the rise is abrupt.
The two enemies are not strong, and one flesh lies in the earth cave. It is not as good as the force, and the grand intention must not be leaked.
Hearing Cao Zhi's poem full of resentment, Cao Pi's green muscles jumped violently, but in front of everyone's eyes, he was not good at attacking, so he had to go away on horseback, at this time he did not know that this was the last time he saw Cao Zhi. Shortly after returning to Luoyang, Cao Pi became seriously ill and died in the same year at the age of 40, which can be described as an untimely death.
And Cao Zhi, who has been suppressed by his brother for most of his life, is still not reused after his brother's death, and he ends up depressed after a few years, which is really emotional.
Reference: Taiping Guangji