The life of the character
Cai Yan, a native of Chenliu County, is knowledgeable and proficient in temperament. In the early days, he married Wei Zhongdao in Hedong, and Wei Zhongdao died early. They had no children, so Cai Yan returned to his home.
In the second year of Xingping (195), Dong Zhuo and Li Jue made an insurrection in Guanzhong of the Central Plains, and the Huns took the opportunity to plunder, and Cai Yan was taken away by the Huns. Cai Yan lived in the north for twelve years and gave birth to two sons.
In the 11th year of Jian 'an (207), Cao Cao always loved literature and calligraphy, and often had literary and calligraphy exchanges with Cai Yan's father Cai Yong. When Cao Cao saw that Cai Yong had no children, he redeemed Cai Yan from the Huns with resplendence and married Cai Yan to Dong Si.
Then Dong Si committed a capital crime, Cai Yan went to intercede with Cao Cao, and Dong Si also went. At that time, Cao Cao was entertaining officials and celebrities and said to the guests in the room: Cai Yong's daughter is outside. Let's meet her today. ? Cai Yan's long hair and bare feet, kowtowing and confession, clear words and sour emotions touched all the guests. But Cao Cao said:? However, documents to reduce crime have been issued. What should I do? Cai Yan said: There are thousands of good horses and countless brave soldiers in your stable. Will you use a fast horse to save a dying life? Cao Cao was finally moved by Cai Wenji and pardoned Dong Si.
Cai Yan wrote two sorrowful poems after returning home. Since then, there has been no record of Cai Yan, and the date of death is unknown.
Personality achievement
literature
After Cai Yan returned to Han Dynasty, she wrote two poems of mourning and anger, one in five words and one in Sao style. Which of these five words focuses on? Emotional separation? It is an emotional narrative poem, the first autobiographical narrative poem written by a scholar in the history of China poetry. Zhang Yugu, a poetic theorist in the Qing Dynasty, once wrote a five-character poem praising Cai Yan: Wenxi only wants to crush Wen Jun, but his grief and indignation are hard to describe. Old Du Jiazong Cao Qibu, making incense can also reach the head skirt of the hairpin. ? Cai Yan's talent overwhelmed Zhuo Wenjun, a talented woman in the Han Dynasty, and the five-character narrative poems of Cao Zhi and Du Fu were also influenced by Cai Yan.
Sorrow and indignation poems, written in Sao style, are aimed at expressing emotions. The first and second sections briefly describe the experience of Hu and his son being captured in Han Dynasty, and in the middle, a large part of natural scenery is used to render Cai Yan's sad mood of leaving his hometown. In these descriptions of scenery and human feelings, Chae Yeon talked about their differences from her hometown of China, in order to describe her deep sadness and indignation in this different environment from China.
music
"Eighteen Beats of Hu Jia" is a lyric of China ancient Yuefu with 1297 words, and it is a vocal suite composed of 18 songs. The original issue of Guo Maoqian's Poems of Song Yuefu (Volume 59) and Zhu's Comments on Chu Ci (Volume 3) are slightly different.
Lu Shiyong, an Amin, said in The General Theory of Poetry Mirror:? When Tokyo's style declined, Cai Wenji became brilliant in Ying Ying. Reading "Hu Jianyin" can make people feel shocked, and flying sand and stones is really intense. ?
calligraphy
Cai Yan's father, Cai Yong, is a great calligrapher. He created eight-point fonts. Cai Yan's handwriting is also very good. Han Yu once said: Nakano (Cai Yong) has a woman who can inherit her career. ? Cai Yan once wrote ancient books silently at the request of Cao Cao, saying that he could write both portrait books and cursive scripts.