Cai Yong

蔡邕
Courtesy name: Bojie (伯喈)
Born
132
Died
192
Ancestral home
Yu, Chenliu (South of Qi County, Henan)
Book mentions
21
Roles:
astronomer calligrapher historian mathematician musician politician writer
Factions:
Dong Zhuo (primary) Han dynasty
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Appears in 7 chapters:
  • Chapter 1 — Three Heroes Swear Brotherhood In The Peach Garden; One Victory Shatters The Rebels In Battlegrounds.
    Court Counselor who publicly tells Emperor Ling that the rainbows and crowing hens are caused by empresses and eunuchs meddling in state affairs; driven from court into rural exile by Cao Jie.
  • Chapter 3 — In Wenming Garden, Dong Zhuo Denounces Ding Yuan; With Red Hare, Li Su Bribes Lu Bu.
    Court Counselor who with Peng Bo stays Dong Zhuo's sword when he moves to kill Lu Zhi at the Wenming Garden banquet, warning that Lu Zhi is the cynosure of the whole country.
  • Chapter 4 — Deposition Of The Emperor: The Prince Of Chenliu Gets The Throne; Schemes Against Dong Zhuo: Cao Cao Presents A Sword.
    Summoned by Dong Zhuo to dress the new regime in respectability, he refuses to come - until Dong Zhuo threatens to exterminate his whole clan. Once at court he is promoted three times in a month to Court Counselor, the showpiece of the Prime Minister's 'generosity'.
  • Chapter 9 — Lu Bu Kills Dong Zhuo For Wang Yun; Li Jue Attacks The Capital On Jia Xu's Advice.
    Cai Yong; weeps openly over Dong Zhuo's body in the marketplace - recalling the patronage Dong Zhuo gave him. Wang Yun has him arrested; he asks only for time to finish his Han history. Strangled in prison.
  • Chapter 29 — The Little Chief Of The South Slays Yu Ji; The Green Eyed Boy Lays Hold On The South Land.
    Named as the Historian whose disciple Gu Yong was - the pedigree behind Sun Quan's correct, abstemious new Deputy Governor.
  • Chapter 40 — Lady Cai Renounces Jingzhou; Zhuge Liang Burns Xinye.
    Cai Yong; named in passing in the chapter's literary aside.
  • Chapter 71 — At Opposite Hill, Huang Zhong Scores A Success; On The River Han, Zhao Zilong Conquers A Host.
    Cai Yong; named in passing.