Cai Yan

蔡琰
Courtesy name: Zhaoji / Wenji (昭姬 / 文姬)
Born
177
Ancestral home
Yu, Chenliu (South of Qi County, Henan)
Book mentions
1
Roles:
musician poet
Relationships:
Cai Yong Father
Dong Si Husband
Wei Zhongdao Husband
Yang Hu Nephew
Yang Huiyu Niece
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Appears in 1 chapter:
  • Chapter 71 — At Opposite Hill, Huang Zhong Scores A Success; On The River Han, Zhao Zilong Conquers A Host.
    The chapter's still center: hostess to the Prince of Wei at Indigo Field, her whole griefs recalled — widowed of Wei Zhongdao, carried off to the Xiongnu, ransomed by Cao Cao's thousand ounces of gold, remarried to Dong Si — and she shows the visitors her father's tablet-rubbing with its eight-character enigma she cannot read.