But 曹冲died by illness when he
was very young. 曹操 (4) was very sad by this, but he had to choose one heir from
the rest sons.
His elder son was dead in early year.
Yet he had many clever sons, as he had many wives. Among them 曹丕 (1), and曹植 (2) were the most outstanding two. 曹丕 (1) was his second son
and曹植 (2) the fourth. Both of
them were born by his second wife Miss 卞 (6). It left him a good
question, which one of these two sons would be his heir? After some
consideration, he decided to make a test for them. The Chinese tradition is to
designate the elder son. Only in time that the other son are much better than
the elder one then the father could think about other son. This was what曹操 (4) thought, for he had intention of his second son already. In
the years of 216 AD, when he led his troop to the front line, he gave order
that the fourth son曹植 (2) should in charge the security of his base area. 曹植 (2) was a talent fellow and also a famous scholar in Chinese
history. Yet this time, he drank too much and during this period, at the base
area an uprising stared, it cause a big disaster of his father’s region.
As曹植 (2) could not stand the
test, 曹丕 (1) turned to be the crown prince. When their father was dead
at 222AD, 曹丕 (1) was the new leader of that region. Yet fearing his brother
might covet the throne; as he still had many supporters, 曹丕 (1) starting to find fault with his brother, since曹植 (2) had been so many years regarded as the family’s pride and
he was so jealous of it. One day, when his brother came to see him, he said,
“They said you are a good poet. Now, I am going to kill you but if you can do a
poem within seven steeps I will release you. The poem must talking about the
love between brothers but you are not allowed use the word of ‘brother’.”
With some hesitate, 曹植 (2) started his famous ‘Seven
Steeps Poem’：
煮豆燃豆箕, 豆在釜中泣。
本是同根生，相煎何太急。
Making a fire by beanstalks for cocking the beans, beans
are weeping in the pot.
(It complain to the beanstalk) ‘We are born from the
same root, why you torture me like this?’
Hearing this the hatred of elder brother turned to
heartbroken sadness and 曹植(4)
let his young brother gone.
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