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这首诗用同根而生的萁和豆来比喻同父共母的兄弟，用萁煎其豆来比喻同胞骨肉的哥哥曹丕残害弟弟，表达了对曹丕的强烈不满，生动形象、深入浅出地反映了封建统治集团内部的残酷斗争和诗人自身处境艰难，沉郁愤激的思想感情。
前四句描述了燃萁煮豆这一日常生活现象，曹植以“豆”自喻，一个“泣”字充分表达了受害者的悲伤与痛苦。第二句中的“漉豉”是指过滤煮熟后发酵过的豆子，用以制成调味的汁液。“萁”是指豆茎，晒干后用来作为柴火烧，萁燃烧而煮熟的正是与自己同根而生的豆子，比喻兄弟逼迫太紧，自相残害，实有违天理，为常情所不容。诗人取譬之妙，用语之巧，而且在刹那间脱口而出，实在令人叹为观止。后两句笔锋一转，抒发了曹植内心的悲愤，这显然是在质问曹丕：我与你本是同胞兄弟。为什么要如此苦苦相逼？“本是同根生，相煎何太急”，千百年来已成为人们劝戒避免兄弟阋墙、自相残杀的普遍用语，说明此诗在人民中流传极广。
全诗以箕豆相煎为比喻控诉了曹丕对自己和其他众兄弟的残酷迫害，口吻委婉深沉，讥讽中有提醒和规劝，这一方面反映了曹植的聪明才智，另一方面也反映了曹丕迫害手足的残忍。当然此诗的风格与曹植其它诗作不一致，因为是急就而成，所以谈不上语言的锤炼和意象的精巧，只是以其贴切而生动的比喻，明白而深刻的寓意赢得了千百年来读者的欣赏。
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This poem uses the common roots of the Osmund and the bean to describe brothers who share the same father and mother, and the fried Osmund and the bean to describe the brother Cao Pi who killed his brother, expressing his strong dissatisfaction with Cao Pi. It vividly reflects the cruel struggle within the feudal ruling group and the poet’s own difficult, gloomy and indignant feelings.
The first four sentences describe the daily life phenomenon of burning Osmunda and cooking beans. Cao Zhi uses the word “bean” to describe himself. A word “sob” fully expresses the grief and pain of the victim. In the second sentence, “fermented black beans” refer to the fermented beans that are filtered and boiled to make flavoring juice. “Osmunda” refers to the bean stalks, which are dried and used as firewood for burning. Osmunda burns and cooks the beans from the same root as itself. It is a metaphor for brothers who persecute each other too tightly, which is against the natural law and is not allowed by the common sense. The poet’s ingenuity in taking examples and using skillful words, and blurting them out in an instant, is really amazing. The last two sentences express Cao Zhi’s sadness and indignation, which is obviously questioning Cao Pi: You and I are brothers. Why should we force each other so hard? “It was originally born from the same root, so we should not be too anxious to fight each other” has become a common language for thousands of years to advise people to avoid fraternity and fratricism, which shows that this poem has been widely circulated among the people.
The whole poem accuses Cao Pi of his cruel persecution of himself and other brothers with the metaphor of frying pan beans. The tone is euphemistic and deep, and the irony contains reminders and exhortations. This reflects Cao Zhi’s intelligence on the one hand, and Cao Pi’s cruelty in persecuting his brothers on the other. Of course, the style of this poem is not consistent with Cao Zhi’s other poems. Because it was created in a hurry, it can not be said that the language is refined and the image is exquisite, but it has won the appreciation of readers for thousands of years with its appropriate and vivid metaphor, clear and profound implication.
