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Cai Wenji
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cai Wenji was not only included in the "Biography of the Later Han Dynasty" for sacrificing her life to save her husband, but also known as a talented woman in the ancient world, ranking first among the four talented women in ancient times (the other three were: Zhuo Wenjun of the Western Han Dynasty, Li Qingzhao of the Northern Song Dynasty and Shangguan Wan'er of the Tang Dynasty), who had extremely high achievements in music, literature and calligraphy, and her level of poetry even affected Cao Zhi of the "Seven Steps into Poetry" and Du Fu of the "Generation of Poets".
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Cai Yong
In terms of musical attainment, according to the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Cai Wenji was able to distinguish the sound of the piano at the age of 6. It is said that his father, cai Yong, a famous minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty, once played the piano at night and suddenly broke a string, and Cai Wenji on the side immediately said that the second string was broken; Cai Yong did not think so, thinking that it was just an accidental guess, so he deliberately broke one, and Cai Wenji immediately said that it was the fourth one accurately. Later, Cai Wenji herself became a world-recognized master of the piano, and left behind a legendary work "Hu Di Eighteen Beats".
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Eighteen beats of Hu Di
In terms of calligraphy, Cai Wenji also received her father's true biography from a young age, and the characters written at the age of eleven or twelve were unique, and some people even said that even the brothers of "Book Saint" Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi were his descendants. The Tang Dynasty's "Fa Shu Zhi Lu And Pen Method Teaching Names" records: Wen Ji chuan of Zhong Xuan, Zhong Xuan chuan of Lady Wei, Lady Wei of Wang Xizhi, Wang Xizhi of Wang Xizhi. Unfortunately, his calligraphy has only left two sentences: "I did nothing at the beginning of my life, and after I was born, Han Zuo declined." ”
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Seven sons of Jian'an
In terms of literary talent, although Cai Wenji was born in the same era as Cao Cao's father and son and the "Seven Sons of Jian'an", her literary talent was not hidden; a generation of literary heroes Su Dongpo even commented: "Cai Yan (character Zhaoji, later avoided the Jin Wen Emperor Sima Zhao and changed his name to Wen Ji) Poetry posture is similar to that of Jian'an Zhuzi. Although there are only two surviving poems of Cai Wenji, one of them, with a total poem of 108 sentences and 540 words, is the first autobiographical long narrative poem created by a literati rather than a poet in the history of Chinese poetry.
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Wen Ji returned to Han
However, as a talented woman, she has not been able to escape the red face and thin life. In the war at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, "Wen Ji was captured by Hu Qi, and was not the King of Zuoxian of the Southern Xiongnu, and gave birth to a second son in the twelfth year of Hu Zhong. Later, thanks to the help of his father's former friend Cao Cao, Enwei and Shi redeemed him involuntarily in a way that was almost "carrot and stick", achieving the good story of "Wen Ji returning to Han".
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However, after returning to her homeland, Cai Wenji's life was not smooth sailing, and after being redeemed by Cao Cao, she was promised to Dong Qi, the governor of Tuntian. Later, Dong Qi committed a capital crime for some reason, and Cai Wenji had to run barefoot to Cao Cao's mansion to intercede on a snowy cold day, and finally saved Dong Qi's life.