Cao Zhi (192-232), courtesy name Zijian, was born in Peiguoqiao (now Bozhou City, Anhui Province). A famous writer from Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms and a representative figure of Jian'an literature. The son of Emperor Wu of Wei Cao Cao and the younger brother of Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi, he was King Chen during his lifetime and was given the posthumous title "Si" after his death, so he was also called King Chen Si. Later generations called him, Cao Cao and Cao Pi the "Three Caos" because of his literary attainments. Xie Lingyun, a writer in the Southern Song Dynasty, even commented that "there is only one stone in the world, and Cao Zijian has eight fights". Wang Shizhen said that Cao Zhi, Li Bai and Su Shi were among the poets who could be called "immortal talents" in the two thousand years since the Han and Wei dynasties.
