Cai Wenji, y m: n, Chen Liuqiu, is from the south of Qixian County, Henan Province. Her father Cai Yong was a great writer in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Cai Wenji was brought up by his father at an early age. He reads widely and has a good memory. He has high attainments in music. It is said that one night when Cai Wenji was a child, she slept in bed and listened to her father play the piano. Suddenly, a string broke. She said to her father, "The second string is broken." Cai Yong thought it was her accidental guess. In order to prove whether his daughter can really distinguish tones, he deliberately broke another string. Cai Wenji immediately said, "This is the fourth string." Sure enough, it's not bad at all Cai Yong was very happy. Knowing that her daughter can really distinguish the sound of the piano, she taught her to learn music and write poems and articles more attentively. This is a legendary story. In fact, Cai Wenji's life experience is very tragic.
In the first year of Guanghe (AD 178), Cai Yong was framed and convicted, and the whole family was demoted to the North. At that time, Cai Wenji was a baby, and she became a slave to sin. Her hair was cut off and she followed her father to the exile. A few months later, Cai Yong was pardoned and went home. On his way home, he offended a local official, and the whole family was forced to live in exile for 12 years before returning to Luoyang. When Wenxi was sixteen, her father married her to Wei Zhongdao in Hedong. In the third year of Chuping in Xian Di (AD 192), Cai Yong was arrested and imprisoned by Wang Yun in Chang 'an and died in prison. Then, Wenxi's mother and husband died one after another. Cai Wenji had to go back to Liu Chen alone and live a lonely life. In the second year of Xingping (A.D. 195), that is, the year when Xian Di fled from Chang 'an to Luoyang, Xian Di sent people south to Xiongnu, inviting Xiongnu to send troops to deal with the pursuit of Liangzhou warlord Li Jue. After defeating Li Jue, Xiongnu soldiers seized the opportunity to plunder. Kidnapped by Xiongnu soldiers and forced to marry Xiongnu Zuo. She stayed in Xiongnu for twelve years and gave birth to two children.
Great changes have taken place in the Central Plains during Cai Wenji's exile of Xiongnu. Cao Cao unified the north, the production in the north developed, and the lives of ordinary people were relatively stable. On this basis, Cao Cao tried to promote culture. He collected all kinds of talents, thought of Moon Hee, the daughter of his good friend Cai Yong, and decided to send someone with a gift to the Huns to redeem Cai Wenji, so that she could contribute to the development of cultural undertakings.
In the 13th year of Jian 'an of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty (AD 208), the envoys sent by Cao Cao arrived in Xiongnu. The messenger met Zuo and said that Cao Cao should meet the requirements of returning to Han and gave him a generous gift. Cai Wenji was both happy and sad. I am glad that she will soon return to her hometown that she misses day and night; Sadly, I will leave my husband and children born in Xiongnu. This kind of situation, how can you not call her heart full of contradictions! She doesn't know what to do. After many considerations, Cai Wenji was finally moved by Cao Cao's career and achievements, and decided to leave his own flesh and blood, the Xiongnu and the cultural undertakings of the Han Dynasty.
Cai Wenji returned to the Han Dynasty, followed Cao Cao's wishes, inherited his father's wishes, and actively participated in the writing of Continued Han. Once, Cao Cao summoned Cai Wenji and asked her, "I heard that you have many ancient books at home. Can you still remember the contents now? " Cai Wenji replied, "In the past, my dead father gave me more than 4,000 ancient books. Because I was scattered, lost, and nothing. Now only 400 books still remember the contents. " Cao Cao said, "Very good! I will send ten people to help you write it down silently. " Cai Wenji said, "It's not necessary. I will write it down myself and send it to you. " Sure enough, Cai Wenji silently wrote more than 400 ancient precious documents with his own memory, which made valuable contributions to the development of China culture.
Appreciation of Ancient Landscape Paintings Yue Xi's return to China reflects the fact that Cao Cao attaches importance to talents and literature. In fact, Cao Cao himself is a writer, a humorous, chic and unconventional figure. As a scholar, his poems are full of charm, singing his ideal of dominating the world, high enterprising spirit and generous feelings, and forming a unique style.
Cao Pi, the second son of Cao Cao, also likes literature. He gets along well with the scribes, and he is informal. Often drink together and talk about poetry. Cao Pi's Dian Lun Thesis initiated a new trend of literary criticism, and it was the first specialized work of literary criticism in China, which had a great influence on the development of literary criticism in China.
Cao Zhi, the third son of Cao Cao, is a brilliant poet who can read hundreds of thousands of words in his teens. It is said that Cao Pi is jealous of his younger brother. Once, he asked Cao Zhi to recite a poem after seven steps. The title of this poem is Brothers, but the word "brother" is not allowed in this poem. Otherwise, you will be punished. Cao Zhi just thought, took seven steps, and immediately sang:
Boil beans and burn beans, and the beans cry in the pot.
We were born from the same root, so why should we speculate with each other!
Cao Zhi also wrote many poems, expressing his political ambitions and reflecting the war and people's suffering.
Cao Shi and his son were the leaders of the literary world at that time, and Cao Cao was the center of literary activities at that time. Because they lived in the Jian 'an period of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty, the literature of this period was later called Jian 'an literature. There are hundreds of literary writers in Jian 'an, the most famous of which are Cao Shi's father and son,,,,, and, which are called the Seven sons of Jian 'an. The achievements of Jian 'an literature in poetry and prose have reached a new peak, creating a prosperous new situation in the history of China literature development. The story of Wenxi's return to Han vividly reflects the grand occasion of literary martial arts during Cao Cao's rule.