Some time ago, after the launch of a variety show called "Sister Riding the Wind and Waves", its word-of-mouth and ratings can be said to have achieved very good results. The historical topic that the editor wants to talk to you about below is similar to this variety show. Because today we are going to talk about a female historical figure, she is a famous talented woman at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty - Cai Yan (that is, Cai Wenji)!
Stills of Cai Wenji
So how legendary is Cai Yan's life? Or what kind of big winds and waves she has experienced in her life? Next, Xiaobian will give you a detailed description.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > First of all, from the trajectory of Cai Yan's early life. </h1>
Although Cai Yan was called Cai Wenji in the history books, her character was called Zhaoji (because later historians had to avoid the taboo of Sima Zhao's "Zhao" character when revising history, so they changed it to Wen Ji in the history books). Regarding Cai Yan's talent, in fact, most of them were inherited from his father Cai Yong. Cai Yong was a well-known writer and calligrapher at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and was also very good at musical rhythm (the protagonist of the famous Jiaowei Qin allusion in history is Cai Yong).
Portrait of Cai Yong
However, Cai Yan did his best in calligraphy and musical rhythm. However, because the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty were after all in a period of great turmoil. As a result, only one of Cai Yan's calligraphy has survived to this day (its content is only 14 characters). As for Cai Yan's piano skills, it is not to mention, the famous "Three Character Classic" has such a record as "Cai Wenji, can distinguish the piano".
Scorched-tailed piano
As for the approximate meaning of these 6 words, it is mainly that Cai Yan was able to accurately hear which string his father broke when he was very young. It can be seen that Cai Yan's talent in musical rhythm is indeed very high. After Cai Yong's death, Jiao Weiqin also passed into the hands of Cai Yan, and has been with her for the rest of her life for decades.
Portrait of Dong Zhuo
After Dong Zhuo led his troops into Beijing to seize power, Cai Yong was coerced by him to be summoned as a sacrificial wine. At that time, Cai Yan was in the cardamom age of about 16 years old, coupled with her talent and beauty are very outstanding, so Dong Zhuo naturally coveted her for a long time. Cai Yong had no choice but to repair the book and ask Cao Cao to help arrange the marriage for Cai Yan as soon as possible, while the groom official was a young man named Wei Zhongdao (he was a descendant of the Han Dynasty general Wei Qing, and the two families were also considered to be the right door at that time).
Portrait of Cai Wenji
It is said that although Cai Yan was not very old at that time, she was already a well-known talented woman, so Wei Zhongdao naturally admired Cai Yan very much. However, because Cai Yan had never seen this person, his heart was still somewhat reluctant at first. However, Dong Zhuo was watching from the sidelines, and Cai Yan had to follow his father's arrangement to marry into the Wei family.
Of course, although arranged marriages in ancient times were indeed a bad habit, the kind of love that never ended in the sea oath to death was not something that everyone could encounter (if every arranged marriage was not happy, then this custom would not last for a thousand years). Take the marriage of Cai Yan and Wei Zhongdao as an example, it turns out that the two of them have lived together for a long time, and their feelings have naturally been slowly cultivated.
But who knows that the story of this talented woman has just begun, and the male protagonist Wei Zhongdao died of illness at a young age (receiving a box lunch). You must know that at that time, it was a feudal society of male superiority and female inferiority, so even if you Cai Yan had great talent, wei Zhongdao's death was a drag oil bottle for the Wei family that failed to complete the task of succession. Some people even said that it was because her life was too hard that she killed Wei Zhongdao. In this way, Cai Yan could only leave the Wei Mansion and return to her mother's house again, and her next turbulent and displaced life path had just begun.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > second, from Cai Yan's second marriage. </h1>
Just as the so-called "perverse behavior will be punished by heaven", Dong Zhuo's brutality and inhumanity eventually led to his fate in a different place. However, Cai Yong sighed for Dong Zhuo at this sensitive moment during the banquet, which can be said to be a direct violation of Wang Yun's taboo, so Cai Yong was sent to prison by Wang Yun (and eventually died unjustly in prison).
Wang Yun stills
Cai Yan, who had lost her husband and father for a while, was in a state of confusion, and at this time she happened to receive a letter from her sister Mingji (Mingji had just lost her son and hoped that Cai Yan could live with her for a while). But she did not expect that this walk not only did not see her sister, but instead let herself be trapped in the Huns for 14 years, because she was attacked by the Huns in the process of hurrying.
Fortunately, some Xiongnu recognized Cai Yan, and soon after the Xiongnu King Zuoxian learned of this, he married her, and the two later had a second son under their knees. Until 14 years later, Cai Yan, who already had a family in the Xiongnu and was accustomed to this kind of life, was once again redeemed by emissaries sent by Cao Cao to redeem the Central Plains with heavy money. Her mood at that time was just like the depiction of the song "Eighteen Beats of Hu Di" that has been passed down through the ages, all of which were parting pains and sorrows.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > finally, judging from Cai Yan's third marriage. </h1>
After Cai Yan returned to the Central Plains, Cao Cao even made her a royal historian (mainly responsible for revising history). At this time, although she had passed the age of 30, Cao Cao still took the initiative to marry dong qi (official tun tian du wei), who knew that Dong Qi later began to have an affair behind Cai Yan's back.
Cao Cao learned that Dong Qi had done such a disrespectful act against Cai Yan, and even ordered that Dong Qi be beheaded. However, Cai Yan was dressed in plain clothes at a critical moment, and went to Cao Cao barefoot to ask him to take back his life. And Cao Cao saw that she had made such a brave and wise move for her husband, and at that time, he was also deeply touched and spared Dong Qi.
After this difficulty, Dong Qi also began to treat Cai Yan with sincerity, and later the two also had a daughter, and Cai Yan's bumpy life finally had a relatively happy home.
In general, Cai Yan has paid his heart to these 3 marriages in his life, but the first marriage has just begun, but it ended in a hurry in a trance; the second marriage seems to have a good start, but it has not been able to go to the end smoothly; fortunately, although the third marriage has unexpected twists and turns, it finally has a relatively happy ending.
Judging from the ups and downs of his life's fate and the ups and downs of the road to marriage, it is indeed very difficult for Cai Yan to be strong and face life all the time. Compared with us who sigh and sigh when we encounter some difficulties now, she is indeed a woman in history who bravely rides the wind and waves. (More historical interesting topics, all in the "Nanshan On History" self-media platform, the author's cultivation and creation is not easy, and the handling is bound to be traced to the end.) ）