seven-pace talent-literary talent in ready play(qī bù zhī cái)

seven-pace talent-literary talent in ready play

Qibuzhicai, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ī B ù zh ī C á I, which means quick thinking. It's from a new account of the world literature.

The origin of Idioms

Liu Yiqing of the Southern Song Dynasty wrote the book Shishuoxinyu · Literature: "Emperor Wen ordered the king of Dong'e to write poems in seven steps, and those who failed to do so would practice Dafa. In response, he wrote the poem:" boil beans, hold them as soup, and percolate them as juice; the Osmunda is burning under the cauldron, and the beans are crying in the cauldron; they are of the same origin, so why is it too urgent to fry each other? " The emperor is deeply ashamed. "

Idioms and allusions

After Cao Pi ascended the throne, he ordered his younger brother Cao Zhi to write a poem within seven steps. Cao Zhi did make a poem in seven steps. Cao Pi also felt by this poem and released Cao Zhi.

Story: Cao Zhi is the third son of Cao Cao and empress Bian of Wuxuan, and the brother of Cao Pi, Emperor Wen of Wei Dynasty. He was influenced by literature and had extraordinary literary talent. Cao Cao had several times planned to establish him as the son of Wei and inherit his career.

Cao Cao and Cao Pi, the second son of Queen Bian, wanted to be the son of Wei Dynasty. Some people who supported him said good things to Cao Cao again and again. Finally, Cao Cao changed his mind and made Cao Pi the son of Wei Dynasty.

In order to stabilize his position, Cao Pi tried every means to make Cao Cao resent Cao Zhi. Cao Zhi was careless and didn't pay attention to the ban. He was punished by Cao Cao several times, so he didn't have a chance to change his view on him.

In the first year of Yankang (220 AD), Emperor Xiandi of Han Dynasty, Cao Cao died of illness, and Cao Pi became the prime minister. In this year, Cao Pi abandoned Emperor Xian and established himself as Emperor Wen.

After Cao Pi became emperor, he took Cao Zhi down for questioning on the pretext of improper etiquette during his father's funeral. The criminal was so heavy that he was to be executed at that time. During the interrogation, Cao Pi accused him of relying on his talent and learning to deliberately despise etiquette and law, and then said, "when my father was alive, he often praised your poems. I always suspected that someone would write for you. Today, I'll give you a poem in seven steps. If you don't succeed, don't blame me for asking you about the death penalty! "

Cao Zhi nodded and said, "please give me the title."

Cao Pi thought about it and said, "let's take brother as the title, but don't let brother appear."

As soon as Cao Zhilue thought about it, he stepped forward and chanted: "boiled beans serve as a soup, and wet beans serve as juice. The pan burns under the cauldron and the beans cry in the cauldron. The meaning of these poems is: to boil beans to make a drum, and to hold bean stalks as firewood. The bean stalks were burning under the pot, and the beans were boiling in the pot, crying and crying: "we both grow from the same root, why do I cook so hard?"

Cao Zhi finished his recitation and took seven steps. When Cao Pi heard this, he was ashamed. He was relieved of his death and demoted to be the Marquis of Anxiang. The story of Cao Zhi's seven step poem spread quickly, and people praised him for his "seven step talent".

Idiom usage

It is a metaphor for quick thinking.

give an example

Su Manshu's book on literature with Gao Tianmei: "this is a work of our country, and it's far away from it."

Chinese PinYin : qī bù zhī cái