Three Caos: refers to Cao Cao and his sons Cao Pi and Cao Zhi in the Han and Wei Dynasties.
Cao Cao (155~220), a strategist, politician and writer at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, wrote Sun Tzu's Art of War, Hao, Guan Hai, Autumn Record, Short Story and Journey to the West.
Cao Pi, the eldest son of Cao Cao (187~226), forced Emperor Han Xian to abdicate in 22 1 year. After Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor and built Wei, he respected his father Cao Cao as Emperor Wu, which was known in history. His poems are euphemistic, mostly about love and sadness. Two songs. "
Cao Zhi (192~232), the younger brother of Cao Pi and the third son of Cao Cao, wrote a seven-step poem. There are more than 0/00 poems handed down from ancient times, such as Climbing Mount Tai, Beauty and Ode to Luoshen, which describe people's painful lives. Cao Zhi wrote Seven Steps Poetry.
Both Cao Cao and his son have high literary accomplishment. Because of their advocacy, once declining literature has a new vitality. In Yecheng, the capital city at that time (so the address is now Linzhang County, Hebei Province), a large number of literati gathered. There have been new breakthroughs in poetry, poetry and literary creation. Poetry, in particular, absorbs the long-term folk songs of Han Yuefu and has a generous and sad artistic style. It truly reflects the social reality and the thoughts and feelings of literati in the late Han Dynasty. Because it happened during the Jian 'an period of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty, the literature of this period was later called Jian 'an literature. The representative figures of Jian 'an literature are Sancao and Qizi, and Sancao is the core. Cao Cao is the leader and pioneer of Jian 'an literature.