Cai Wenji

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Cài Wénjī (蔡文姬) (177 – 250), also known as Cài Yăn (蔡琰), was a Han Dynasty poet and composer. She is the daughter of Cai Yong, who is also a musician.

She wrote 18 songs for the flute. The guqin piece Da Hujia, Xiao Hujia and Hujia Shiba Bai are related to her.

She spent part of her life as a prisoner of the Xiongnu tribe, until Cao Cao paid a heavy sum to redeem her in 207. Her return was the subject of the painting Cai Wenji Returns to Her Homeland by Zhang Yu.

Caiwenji crater on Venus is named after her.

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