From the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao's "Although Returning to Life".

Although the tortoise has a long life, it still has its time.

The snake rides the fog and eventually turns to dust. (Teng: Guo)

The old horse lurks, aiming at a thousand miles.

The martyrs were full of courage in their later years.

The surplus and contraction period is not only in the sky;

Blessings that nourish grace can last forever.

I am glad to use this poem to express my inner desire.

Translation:

Even if the tortoise has a long life, there is still a time when its life will end.

Although poisonous snakes can fly in fog, they will eventually die and turn to dust.

The old swift horse is lying in the stable, and its ambition is still to gallop thousands of miles.

People with great ambitions will never stop working hard in their later years.

The length of a person's life is not just determined by heaven.

You can live longer as long as you take care of your body and mind.

I am glad that I used this poem to express my inner ambition.

Appreciate:

This is a philosophical poem by the richest man, which shows the poet's attitude towards life. The philosophy in the poem comes from the poet's real experience of life, so it is vivid and has sincere and strong emotional power; Philosophy and poetry are expressed by visualization, so the perfect combination of reason, ambition and emotion is realized in the concrete artistic image. The poem "Old horse crouching tiger" is a famous sentence that has been passed down through the ages. Their brushwork is vigorous and the rhythm is heavy, which contains a heroic spirit of self-improvement and profoundly expresses Cao Cao's vigorous and enterprising spirit. The rhyme of the whole poem is ups and downs, the first four sentences are eloquent, and the two sentences of "I still have" are calm. The next four sentences of "Lao Ji" turned into passionate tone, and the pen was thunderous, which made the image of this "domineering" hero jump from the page. And the last few sentences reveal a deep and euphemistic amorous feelings, giving people a warm feeling. The whole poem is full of ups and downs, with meticulous mechanism, shining with the light of philosophical wisdom, emitting the feeling of forging ahead and shaking the optimistic tone. The artistic style is unpretentious, noble and generous, which shows the poet's enterprising spirit of self-improvement and optimistic spirit of loving life. The length of a person's life is not entirely determined by the sky. As long as he keeps healthy physically and mentally, he can prolong his life. This shows that the poet holds a negative attitude towards fate, and the optimistic spirit of confidence in things depends on man-made, which expresses the poet's lofty aspirations and lofty sentiments of being unwilling to age, not believing in fate and struggling endlessly. "Although the tortoise is long-lived, the snake riding the fog will eventually become dust." "Zhuangzi Qiushui" said: "I heard that Chu had a turtle and died at the age of three thousand." Cao Cao did the opposite, saying that the turtle lived for 3 thousand years, but it was still inevitable to die! "Everything goes wrong" records: "Flying dragons ride clouds, sting snakes and swim in fog, clouds stop fog, and dragons and snakes are the same!" "Viper" can ride clouds and fog like a dragon, and its skill can be described as great! However, once the clouds clear, they will disappear like flies and ants! In ancient times, Qin Huang Hanwu and other great masters were seduced by the art of immortality, but Cao Cao had a clear understanding of the natural laws of life, which was valuable in the era of predicting superstition. What is more valuable is how to treat this limited life? Cao Cao swept away the tragic tone of the literati at the end of the Han Dynasty who lamented that life was like a dream and advised people to eat, drink and be merry in time, and sang generously: "An old horse crouches and aims at a thousand miles. In the year of martyrs, go forward bravely. " Cao Cao compared himself to a galloping old horse. Although old and frail, he was demoted to the next position, but his chest was still full of lofty sentiments. He said that people who are interested in doing something will never be depressed in their later years, and the pursuit of grand ideals will never stop! This poem begins with a sigh about the philosophy of life, followed by a strong and intense singing, and then returns to philosophical speculation: "The period of surplus and contraction is not limited to the sky; The blessing that nourishes grace can last forever. " Cao Cao's outlook on life is quite dialectical. First of all, he talks about respecting the laws of nature, and people always die. Then, in a limited life, people should give full play to their subjective initiative, make positive progress and make contributions. Finally, people are not completely powerless in the face of natural laws. Although the length of a person's life cannot violate the objective laws, it is not completely given to God. If you take good care of your body and mind and make it healthy and happy, can you also prolong your life? Cao Cao's "pleasure in keeping fit" doesn't mean to sit still and sit back and relax, but rather that a person's mental state is the most important thing. He should not be depressed at the end of the year, but should be "full of courage"-he should have an endless pursuit of ideals and a positive spirit, always optimistic, energetic, constantly striving for self-improvement and maintain ideological youth. Cao Cao revealed the significance of human mental factors to health by personal experience, and it is also a wonderful health preservation theory in this respect.

About the author:

Cao Cao (155-0315,220) was born in Mengde, a lucky man and a small character, Asan, from Peiguoqiao County (now Bozhou, Anhui Province). At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was an outstanding politician, strategist, writer and calligrapher, and the founder of the Cao Wei regime in the Three Kingdoms.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos. In the name of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao conquered all directions, wiped out the separatist forces such as Er Yuan, Lu Bu, Liu Biao and Han Sui at home, surrendered the southern Xiongnu, Wu Huan and Xianbei abroad, unified the northern part of China, and implemented a series of policies to restore economic production and social order, which laid the foundation for the founding of Cao Wei. Cao Cao was the prime minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty before his death, then Wang Wei, and after his death, posthumous title became King Wu.

Cao Cao is good at writing poems, expressing his political ambitions and reflecting the tragic life of the people in the late Han Dynasty. He is ambitious, generous and sad. Prose is also neat, which opens and prospers Jian 'an literature and leaves precious spiritual wealth to future generations, which is called Jian 'an style in history. At the same time, Cao Cao is good at calligraphy, especially at carving grass. In the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Huaiguan named it a "wonderful flower" at the end of Shu.