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cái gāo dǒu
cáo cáo zhí shì cáo cāo de
ér èr zhě jūn yǒu cái huá
bié shì cáo zhí gèng wén cǎi
zài cáo cāo hòu cáo rèn
tǒng dàn cáo zhí de
cái huá tóng shí cáo zhí
huí móu fǎn suǒ zhí zài
shā hài cáo zhí
yǒu tiān cáo yào qiú jiē jiàn
cáo zhí yào qiú cáo zhí zài
zhī nèi zuò shī shǒu
guǒ zuò dào jiù huì yǒu shēng mìng
wēi xiǎn
bēi fèn zhī xià cáo zhí zhōng shēng
zhì zuò chū shī shì de
jiù shì běn lái jiù shì qīn
xiōng wèi shén me yào zhè yáng
jǐn shāng gǎn qíng
cáo zhí wén cǎi jiā ài xué
céng zuò guò shǎo cái huá
héng de wén jūn lìng shì rén
gǎn tàn céng yǒu wèi xué
zhě shuō dào ruò tiān xià wén
cǎi gòng yǒu shí dǒu cáo zhí rén
zhān dǒu
jīn tiān guǒ men shuō
rén cái gāo dǒu jiù shì
zhǐ cái huá héng hěn yǒu
wén cǎi
Tsau Pi and Tsau Jr were sons of Tsau Tsau. Both were very gifted writers, andTsau Jr was especially quick-witted.
After Tsau Tsau's death, Tsau Pi took over the throne of the kingdom of wei. Jealous of Tsau Jr's literary ability, and afraid that he might cause problems, Tsau Pi was always looking for a way to kill his brother.
One day, Tsau Pi called Tsau Jr into see him.He ordered his brother to make up a poem within the time it took to walk seven steps, adding that if he could not, his life would be in danger.
Greatly saddened, Tsau Jr began to walk and to think. Before he had taken the seven steps, he had already finished his poem, the meaning of which was: "Brothers are of the same family, so why should the oppress each other?"
Tsau Jr was very intelligent and loved to study. He wrote many outstanding articles which showed his artistic talent and earned him the admiration of many people. One scholar said of him: "Heaven gave the world ten decalitres of talent, and Tsau Jr alone has eight of them."
Today, to say that a person "has eight decalitres of talent" is to say that he has a great aptitude for writing.
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