Boiled beans burning beans, beans crying in the kettle, originally born from the same root, fried He is too anxious. This is the ancient poem we learned in elementary school, you take it to send a circle of friends, there is certainly no one to take care of you, but replaced by the world's richest man Musk is completely different, directly triggered the whole network of translation boom.
Some people have translated it into a dialogue between beans and bean stalks, some foodies think it is a recipe, and some people use it as a text code, thinking that this is Musk's next business plan, to enter the soybean industry.
Today we will not talk about the problem of translation, the seven-step poem, we have long been a household name, but also understand the truth that can not be fratricidal, and in this poem, the author Cao Zhi appears in our vision as a victim, but is the historical Cao Zhi really a victim?
First of all, the conclusion, all this is his own fault.
1, young fame, talent and luck
For Cao Zhi's literary talent, the Southern Dynasty Song dynasty literary scholar Xie Lingyun has the evaluation that "there is only one stone in the world, and Cao Zijian has eight buckets".
The literary critic Zhong Rong told The Post that Cao Zhi was "extremely high in bone, colorful in words, affectionate and elegant, physically literate, overflowing with ancient and modern times, and outstanding." He also listed him as the highest poet in the "Poetry".
Wang Shizhen listened and said, Yes, in the two thousand years since the Han and Wei dynasties, poets can be called "immortals", Cao Zhi, Li Bai, and Su Shi.
These evaluations are not high.
Cao Zhi has a total of 25 sons, his favorite is Cao Chong and Cao Zhi, both of whom are born prodigies, one is a buoyant who can skillfully use the same amount of substitution at the age of five or six, and the other is a literary talent who can recite the "Book of Poetry", "Analects" and "Two Han Dictionaries" when he was a teenager. The writing was so good that even Cao Cao couldn't believe it, and asked him as if he didn't believe it, "Shouldn't you be ghostwritten by someone?" ”
Cao Zhi replied with great emotion, "I export the theory and write the next chapter." Believe me or not, come and test me!" ”
In the fifteenth year of Jian'an, the Tongque Terrace in Yicheng was completed, and Cao Cao Shixing made a big fortune and let his children take the stage to do gifts.
Cao Zhi threw off his sleeves, walked up to the stage with his head held high, and with a big stroke of his pen, directly wrote the "Tongque Tai Fu" that has been passed down through the ages, and the other brothers were dumbfounded when they saw it.
Cao Cao was very surprised and directly made Cao Zhi the Marquis of Pingyuan.
Later, Cao Cao also found that Cao Zhi, the child, not only read poetry and books, learned to be rich in five cars, but also had a simple temperament and was approachable, which made Cao Cao, who was accustomed to deceit, favor him even more, and in the twenty-second year of Jian'an, Cao Zhi was sealed to ten thousand households. In addition to various rewards, Cao Cao also focused on cultivating him, sending Yang Xiu and Ding Yi as advisers.
It can be said that Cao Cao is cultivating him as a successor, but unfortunately Cao Zhi has talent and luck, but he lacks the most deadly thing, self-discipline.
2, alcoholism and misdirection, the final success or failure
In the twenty-second year of Jian'an, that is, in the year that Cao Zhi was crowned the Marquis of Wanhu, after a drunken drunkenness, he unexpectedly opened the Sima Gate, which only the emperor could enter and exit, and rode a carriage on the road that only the emperor could walk.
When Cao Cao learned of this, he was furious and beheaded the bus order that managed Sima Men to make an example. And Cao Zhi also because of this disregard for etiquette, the image in Cao Cao's mind plummeted.
On the other hand, in order to make Cao Pi the crown prince, Sima Yi and Wu Qian did not spare any effort, constantly increasing Cao Pi's ability and prestige, and Cao Cao was also more and more satisfied with him.
Cao Zhi, who has lost his favor, has not learned his lesson, and is still debauched, willful, and unrestrained drinking.
Twenty-four years after Jian'an, Cao Ren, the general who guarded Jingxiang, was in urgent need of rescue, and Cao Cao thought about it and decided to give Cao Zhi another chance to "wear the crime and make meritorious contributions". Therefore, he asked Cao Zhi to lead troops to support Cao Ren.
However, when the commander found Cao Zhi with the military order, he was so drunk that he could not lead the army on the expedition. This time, Cao Cao was completely dead hearted, and Cao Zhi also completely ruined his future.
The experience of drinking and misbehaving twice caused Cao Zhi to completely lose his father's trust, and his henchmen were gradually eliminated, until they were defeated in the political struggle, and cao Pi forced to write this seven-step poem.
Boiled beans burning beans, beans crying in the kettle, originally born from the same root, fried He is too anxious.
3. Self-discipline
Cao Zhi's life is high and low, the first half of his life is dazzling, the second half of his life is bleak, all of which seems to be an alcoholism mistake, but in fact it is the willful indulgence of the heart, lack of introspection and self-discipline.
A few years later, when the thirty-eight-year-old Cao Zhi was riding on a horse when he moved to Dong'a, he might recall the military career he had with his father when he was sixteen years old, when the north had not yet been unified, and he was still the white horse boy who was eager to make a contribution, at that time, he hoped that he could conquer the four sides like his father, save all the people from water and fire, and shouted the bold words of "sacrificing his body to go to the country, and swearing to die suddenly".
I never thought that in this life, the glory and wealth have become clouds and smoke, drunk all day long, dreaming of death, and success or failure is like a dream.
Wang Yangming said: "Only when people have the heart to serve themselves can they deny themselves; only when they can deny themselves can they become themselves." ”
Indulgence is often the beginning of bad luck. The once prodigy, the white horse boy who died generously, became a drunken drunkard who ignored the rules, all of which made people sigh and sigh, but also could not help but give us a revelation: the genius teenager Cao Zhi is still so undisciplined, let alone us ordinary people who have nothing?