Cai Yan is also good at literature, music, and calligraphy. "Sui Shu·Jing Ji Zhi" records a volume of "Cai Wenji Collection", but it has been lost. The only works of Cai Wenji that can be seen now are two "Poems of Sorrow and Indignation" and "Eighteen Beats of Hujia". So what is the introduction of the female poet Cai Yandong? The following is for reference only!
Introduction
Cai Yan was an outstanding female poet and calligrapher in the Eastern Han Dynasty. She is the first female poet in our country. Wenji, also known as Zhaoji, was born in Chenliuyu (now Qixian County, Henan Province) in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. She was the daughter of Cai Yong, a famous writer in the late Han Dynasty.
She was born around AD 177-178 (the sixth to seventh year of Emperor Xiping of the Han Dynasty). She was extremely intelligent since she was a child. In addition, she was influenced by a family with a strong literary and artistic atmosphere and taught by her father. His attainments in literature, music, calligraphy and other aspects have reached a very high level.
Fan Ye, the author of "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", called her "erudite, talented in eloquence, and good at music and rhythm." Today, there are two "Poems of Sorrow and Indignation" and "Eighteen Beats of Hujia".
Cai Yan, also known as Wenji and Zhaoji[1]. The year of birth and death is unknown. She was a native of Yuxian County, Chenliu County, Eastern Han Dynasty (now Qixian County, Kaifeng, Henan Province), and the daughter of Cai Yong, a great writer of the Eastern Han Dynasty. She first married Wei Zhongdao. After her husband died, she returned to her home. Later, due to the invasion of the Huns, Cai Yan was kidnapped by the Xiongnu King Zuoxian, married to the Huns, and gave birth to two children. Twelve years later, Cao Cao unified the north, redeemed Cai Yan with a large sum of money, and married her to Dong Si.
Cai Yan is also good at literature, music, and calligraphy. "Sui Shu·Jing Ji Zhi" records a volume of "Cai Wenji Collection", but it has been lost. The only works of Cai Wenji that can be seen now are two "Poems of Sorrow and Indignation" and "Eighteen Beats of Hujia".
Biography of the character
Cai Wenji was erudite and proficient in music. She married Wei Zhongdao of Hedong in his early years. Wei Zhongdao died early and they had no heirs, so Cai Yan returned to his home. .
In the second year of Xingping (195), Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and others from the Central Plains rebelled in Guanzhong. The Xiongnu took the opportunity to plunder, and Cai Yan was kidnapped by the Xiongnu King Zuoxian. Cai Yan lived in the north for twelve years and gave birth to two children.
In the eleventh 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 heirs, he used a golden jade to redeem Cai Yan from the Xiongnu and married Cai Yan to Dong Si.
Then Dong Si committed a capital crime, and Cai Yan went to Cao Cao to intercede for Dong Si. At that time, Cao Cao was hosting a banquet for officials and distinguished officials, and said to the guests in the hall: "Cai Yong's daughter is outside. Let everyone see her today." Cai Yan, with his hair disheveled and barefoot, kowtowed to apologize, spoke clearly and clearly, and was full of guests with sour emotions. They were all moved by it. But Cao Cao said: "But the document of condemnation has been sent out, what should I do?" Cai Yan said: "You have thousands of good horses in your stable, and countless brave soldiers, but you are stingy with a fast horse to save you." A dying life?" Cao Cao was finally moved by Cai Wenji and pardoned Dong Si.
After returning home, Cai Yan wrote two "Poems of Sorrow and Indignation" while feeling sad and angry. Since then, there are no records related to Cai Yan, and the year of his death is unknown.
Literature
After returning to the Han Dynasty, Cai Yan wrote two "Poems of Sorrow and Indignation", one in five-character style and one in Sao style. [7] Among them, the five-character poem focuses on "sentiment, chaos and separation". It is a narrative poem based on emotions and events. It is the first autobiographical long narrative poem created by a literati in the history of Chinese poetry. Zhang Yugu, a poetry critic in the Qing Dynasty, once wrote a poem praising Cai Yan's five-character poems: "Wen Ji Cai wanted to overpower Wen Jun, and wrote a long and elegant essay "Sorrow and Indignation". Old Du Guzong was Cao Qibu, and he made incense and hairpin skirts." The general idea is 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 also influenced by Cai Yan.
Since the Sao style "Poetry of Sorrow and Indignation" is intended to be lyrical, the first and last stanzas are relatively brief about the experience of being captured in the Hu and returning to the Han Dynasty. The large natural scenery in the middle is used to exaggerate Cai Yan's grief of leaving his hometown. Mood, in these descriptions of scenery and human feelings, Cai Yan emphasized the differences between them and her hometown in China, in order to describe her deep, sad and angry mood in this environment that was very different from China.