▁em peror ▁if ▁a ▁crisis ▁arose ▁within ▁the ▁state . ▁After ▁C ao ▁Pi ' s ▁death , ▁his ▁successor ▁C ao ▁R ui ▁granted ▁him ▁the ▁post hum ous ▁name ▁" Em peror ▁W en " ▁and ▁the ▁temple ▁name ▁" Sh iz u ". ▁ ▁C ao ▁Pi ▁was ▁also ▁an ▁accomplished ▁poet ▁and ▁scholar , ▁just ▁like ▁his ▁father ▁C ao ▁C ao ▁and ▁his ▁younger ▁brother ▁C ao ▁Z hi . ▁He ▁wrote ▁Yan ▁Ge ▁X ing ▁( <0xE7> <0x87> <0x95> 歌 行 ), ▁the ▁first ▁Chinese ▁poem ▁in ▁the ▁style ▁of ▁seven ▁sy ll ables ▁per ▁line ▁( 七 言 <0xE8> <0xA9> <0xA9> ). ▁He ▁also ▁wrote ▁over ▁a ▁hundred ▁articles ▁on ▁various ▁subjects . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁career ▁C ao ▁Pi ▁was ▁the ▁el dest ▁son ▁of ▁C ao ▁C ao ▁and ▁his ▁conc ub ine ▁Lady ▁Bian , ▁but ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁second ▁among ▁all ▁of ▁C ao ▁C ao ' s ▁sons . ▁( The ▁first ▁was ▁C ao ▁Ang ) ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁C ao ▁Pi ' s ▁birth , ▁C ao ▁C ao ▁was ▁a ▁mid - level ▁officer ▁in ▁the ▁imperial ▁gu ards ▁in ▁the ▁capital ▁Lu oy ang , ▁with ▁no ▁hint ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁go ▁on ▁to ▁the ▁great ▁campaign s ▁he ▁eventually ▁carried ▁out ▁after ▁the ▁collapse ▁of ▁the ▁imperial ▁government ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 . ▁C ao ▁Pi ▁was ▁recorded ▁as ▁excellent ▁s words man ▁as ▁he ▁studied ▁mart ial ▁arts ▁from ▁Sh i ▁E