Cao Zhi
曹植
Courtesy name: Zijian (子建)
Source:
Koei Wiki (Fandom)
- Born
- 192
- Died
- 232
- Ancestral home
- Qiao County, Pei (Bozhou, Anhui)
- Book mentions
- 28
Roles:
noble
poet
Factions:
Cao Wei
(primary)
Relationships:
Cao Pi
Brother
Cao Xiong
Brother
Cao Zhang
Brother
Cao Cao
Father
Princess Qinghe
Half-Sister
Lady Bian
Mother
Appears in 6 chapters:
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Chapter 34
— Behind The Screen, Lady Cai Overhears A Secret; Across The Tan Torrent, The Dilu Horse Carries Its Master.
Cao Zhi; Cao Cao's third son - already showing literary brilliance; helps supervise the Bronze Bird Tower with his brother. The line that becomes Tu Mu's poem first appears here.
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Chapter 44
— Zhuge Liang Stirs Zhou Yu To Actions; Sun Quan Decides To Attack Cao Cao.
Named as the able writer of the 'Ode to the Bronze Bird Terrace' - the poem Zhuge Liang recites with two Qiaos smuggled into it.
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Chapter 68
— Gan Ning's Hundred Horsemen Raid The Northern Camp; Zuo Ci's Flung-Down Cup Fools Cao Cao.
Cao Zhi; at Cao Cao's court; the famous 'Seven Steps' poem competition with his brother is set up in this chapter.
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Chapter 72
— Zhuge Liang's Wit Takes Hanzhong; Cao Cao's Army Retires To The Ye Valley.
Cao Zhi; the literary son; the Yang Xiu episode is colored by Cao Zhi's faction at court - Yang Xiu had been backing Cao Zhi's bid against Cao Pi.
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Chapter 78
— Treating A Headache, A Famous Physician Dies; Giving The Last Words, The Crafty Hero Departs.
Cao Zhi; the literary son; in disgrace from Cao Cao's last years; will be tested by Cao Pi next chapter with the seven-pace poem.
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Chapter 79
— Brother Oppressing Brother: Cao Zhi Composes Poems; Nephew Harming Uncle: Liu Feng Receives Punishment.
Cao Zhi; the chapter's tragic centerpiece. Composes the seven-pace poem ('Cooking beans by burning bean-stalks / The beans inside the pot do weep / Born of the same root we two / Why must we hurt each other so?'). Lives; demoted and exiled. The poem becomes a Chinese-literature landmark.