Poem of Sorrow and Indignation is an autobiographical five-character poem written by Cai Yan, a writer in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The whole poem consists of 108 sentences, accounting for 540 words. The first 40 sentences of this poem describe the reasons for being captured and the suffering on the way to the customs. Forty sentences describe the sadness and joy of the Huns living in the south when they heard the news of redemption, and the pain of parting with Beard. The last twenty-eight sentences describe the way home and what they saw and felt when they went home.
Creation background
This poem was written by Cai Yan (Cai Wen _) after he left Xiongnu and returned to Han Dynasty in the 12th year of Jian 'an (2007). According to "Biography of Women in the Later Han Dynasty" and "Biography of Dong Si's Wife", there was chaos in the Eastern Han Dynasty during Xingping. Captured by the Hu people, he was forced to marry the Southern Xiongnu Zuo. He lived in Xiongnu for twelve years and gave birth to two children.
Cao Cao once made friends with Cai Wenji's father, Cai Yong, and sympathized with Cai Yong because he had no children, so he sent an emissary to redeem Cai Wenji and let her marry Dongsi again. Later, Cai Wenji was sentimental, divorced, and pursued grief and indignation. He wrote two poems of grief and indignation, one of which was a five-character poem and the other was a poem in Sao style.
Brief introduction of the author
Cai Yan was an outstanding poetess and calligrapher in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Is the first female poet in China.
Moon Hee, also known as Evonne, was born in Chen Liulai (now Qixian County, Henan Province) at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. She is the daughter of Cai Yong, a famous writer in the late Han Dynasty. She was born in about 177- 178 (six to seven years of Emperor Han Ping Xi). She was extremely clever since she was a child, and she was nurtured by her family and taught by her father. Her accomplishments in literature, temperament and calligraphy have reached a high level.
Ye Fan, the author of the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, called her "knowledgeable and well-behaved". Today, there are two sorrowful poems, and one is Hu Jia's eighteen beats.