Cai Wenji is knowledgeable and good at literature, music and calligraphy. I married Wei Zhongdao for the first time and went home after my husband died. When the southern Xiongnu invaded, they were captured by Xiongnu Zuo and gave birth to two children. After Cao Cao unified the north, he spent a lot of money to redeem and marry 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 hosting a banquet for officials and celebrities and said to all the guests, "Cai Yong's daughter is outside. Let everyone meet her today. " Cai Yan's long hair and bare feet, kowtowing and confession, clear words and sour emotions touched all the guests.
However, Cao Cao said, "However, the documents for reducing the crime have been sent out. What should we do? " Cai Yan said, "There are thousands of good horses in your stable and countless brave foot soldiers. You also set aside a fast horse to save a dying life? " Cao Cao was finally moved by Cai Wenji and pardoned Dong Si.
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After Cai Yan returned to Han Dynasty, she wrote two sorrowful and indignant poems, one in five words and one in Sao style. Among them, Wuyanben, which focuses on Sentimental Parting, is an emotional narrative poem and the first autobiographical long narrative poem written by literati 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, and' grief and indignation' is long.
Old Du Jiazong Cao Qibu, making incense can also reach the head skirt of the hairpin. "To the effect that 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 all influenced by Cai Yan.
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