Cai Wenji

Cai Yan (蔡琰), style name: Wenji (文姬) and Zhaoji (昭姬), is a minor protagonist in the classic Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms and its multiple adaptations. She is a poet and musician who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China.

History
Cai Wenji was born in the Prefecture of Yu. When she was only fifteen years old, she married Wei Zhongdao, who died shortly afterwards, leaving no offspring. After Dong Zhuo's murder caused Xiongnu nomads to arrive in the capital and Cai Wenji was a prisoner of the Xiongnu in northern China, until Cao Cao paid a huge sum for her release.

During her captivity she was the wife of Xiongnu chief Liu Bao with whom she had two children. He married again with the government official Dong Si. However, he was sentenced to death and Cai Wenji went to Cao Cao begging him to absolve her husband. Excited by his pleas, Cao Cao pardoned him. Later in her life, she wrote two poems describing her turbulent years.

Personality
Cai Wenji is a humble and altruistic soul. Deeply moved by the sorrows she sees around her, it was here that she is empathetic to other people's strifes and desires to impart hope to them. While her bravery in battle is primarily for those she feels are less fortunate than her. In reality, she had severely doubts her strengths and fears combat. To ease her stress, Cai Wenji may compose melodies or poems. Her art is her alternative means of inspiring courage and peace of mind to herself and others.

Trivia

 * She is playable character in the Dynasty Warriors video game series.