(The year of birth and death is unknown), whose real name is Yan, and the word Wenxi (). Cai Yong, a female writer in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, was born in Pixian County. Extensive knowledge, good at literature, music and calligraphy.
I married Wei Zhongdao for the first time and went home after my husband died. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Central Plains was in chaos, and the southern Xiongnu, who had originally surrendered to the Han Dynasty, took the opportunity to rebel. Cai Wenji was 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.
The Annals of Sui Shu's Classics contains a volume of Cai Wenji Collection, which has been lost today, except for Two Poems for the Past and Eighteen Beats of Hu Jia. The story of Wenxi returning to Han is widely circulated.
Because the theme of "Poem of Sorrow and Indignation" is to express emotions, the first and second sections briefly describe the experience of Hu and his son being captured in Han Dynasty, and the natural scenery in the middle is used to render Cai Yan's sad mood of leaving his hometown. In the description of these scenery and human feelings, Cai Yan talked about their differences from her hometown of China, in order to describe her deep sadness and indignation in this different environment from China.
Literary achievements
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.