In the fourth year (223), 32-year-old Cao Zhi moved to the king. In the sixth year of Huang Chu (AD 225), Cao Pi returned from the southern expedition, passed by Qiu Yong and met Cao Zhi, adding another 500 households.

In the seventh year of Huang Chu (226), Cao Pi died of illness and Cao Cao succeeded to the throne, namely Wei Mingdi. Cao Zhi, who goes forward bravely, is eager to display his talents. He wrote passionately to Cao Cao many times, demanding political appointment. Boxing heart can make a heart of stone move.

Cao Cao, who is too calm and rational, is as old as an ancient well and humble. He only pays lip service to Cao Zhi's various confessions and demands. Cao Cao still kept strict precautions and restrictions on him, and his situation did not fundamentally improve. During the period of Emperor Wenming 12, Cao Zhi moved to Chenjun several times.

In the third year of Taihe (229), 38-year-old Cao Zhi moved to Dong 'e, during which he devoted himself to writing and studying Confucian classics. In the sixth year of Taihe (232), Cao Zhi was renamed Chen Wang. Cao Zhi died of depression in June of 1 1 at the age of 4 1, and was buried in East Ayushan according to his wishes. Later generations called him "King Chen" or "King Chen Si".

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I. Literary and artistic achievements

Cao Zhi's creation is divided into two periods in 220 years (twenty-five years of Jian 'an). His early poems mainly praised his ideals and ambitions, filled with optimism and romance, and full of confidence in the future; Later poems mainly express the grief and indignation caused by the contradiction between ideal and reality.

His poems not only embody the elegance of The Book of Songs, but also contain the profound and strange interest of The Songs of the South. It not only inherits the realistic brushwork of the Han Yuefu, but also retains the sentimental sentiment of nineteen ancient poems. Cao Zhi's poetry has its own distinctive and unique style, which has completed the transformation from Yuefu folk songs to literati poems.

Cao Zhi's works were collected by Cao Zijian. The Collection of Cao Zijian has a volume of 10, which contains Cao Zhi's poems. Among them, there are more than 80 poems, more than half of which are Yuefu poems.

Representative works include Seven Wounded Poems, White Horse Sketch, White Horse Wang Biao, Wan Li Guest at the Door, etc. Among them, Ode to Luoshen describes the beauty of Luochuan goddess, which is a wonderful flower in the literary garden.

Second, relatives

1 wife

1) Cui Shi, wife of Cao Zhi, was born in Wucheng (now northeast of Wucheng, Shandong Province) on the east bank of Qinghe River, and the daughter of Cui Yan's brother. Stories in the Wei and Jin Dynasties recorded that Cui Shi's clothes were too gorgeous. When Cao Cao saw them on the stage, he thought she had violated the ban on wearing gorgeous clothes. After returning home, Cui Shi got a gift of death.

2) Xie, Cao Zhi's stepwife, was born in Zhaoling County (now Yancheng East, Henan Province). She was named a "princess" during the Taihe period and was Cao Zhi's companion under house arrest in her later years. According to historical records, she lived to the age of eighty in the Jin Dynasty. See Cao Zhi's "Xie Wife Changed to Seal Chen".

2. Children

1) Cao Zhi's eldest son, Cao Miao, died young in Gaoyang Township. Few people in the history books know his life story, so his name appears in Cao Zhi's work "sealing two sons as public thanks for Zhang En".

2) Cao Zhi, the second son of Cao Zhi, was originally named Mu Xianggong and later moved to Jibei Wang. After entering Jin, it was renamed Juancheng Gong, and later became Leping Magistrate. He walked away to ride an ordinary waiter and Dr. Guo Zi, and turned to offer wine. Taikang died in the ninth year (288), and he was named Ding Gong.

3) Cao Zhi's eldest daughter, Cao Jinxian, died about 190 days after birth, so few people know that her name appeared in Cao Zhi's work "Mourning for Jin Xian".

4) Cao Xing's daughter, Cao Zhi's youngest daughter, was born two years later than Jin Xuan and died about seven or eight months later. So few people know that her name appears in Cao Zhi's work "The Mourning of a Walking Woman".

Step 3: offspring

1) Cao Chen, the grandson of Cao Zhi, the son of Cao Zhi, was made a corps commander in Yuankang and was appointed as the Guanzhong Hou.

2) Cao Luo Yong, the 11th grandson of Cao Zhi, invited Xiao Zhao, the emperor of Northern Qi Dynasty, to "revitalize Fuling Temple" and "carve its true face" in Yushan.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Cao Zhi