Memories of China
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Title: "Memories of China"
Medium: Hand Embellished Giclee on Paper
Edition Size: 88 S/N Worldwide
Copyright: © Caroline Young, All Rights Reserved
Dimensions: 24 inches tall by 18 inches wide unframed
Care: Do Not Hang In Direct Sunlight
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Medium: Hand Embellished Giclee on Paper
Edition Size: 88 S/N Worldwide
Copyright: © Caroline Young, All Rights Reserved
Dimensions: 24 inches tall by 18 inches wide unframed
Care: Do Not Hang In Direct Sunlight
Frame: Custom Framing Available for Customer at
Additional Cost - Final Frame Size Depends on
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"Memories of China" Story
Cai Wenji, beautiful daughter of noted historian, musician and poet, Cai Yong, lived during the late Han period. She followed in her father's footsteps, even mastering the playing of the guqin, the Chinese zither. In 195 AD, amid the turmoil of the weakening Han dynasty, she was kidnapped by the marauding Xiongnu and held for ransom. For twelve years she languished in barbarian territory and bore the Xiongnu chieftain two sons. Yet she never stopped yearning for her beloved China. Finally, in 207 A.D., the warlord Cao Cao became prime minister of China. He was a great friend of the late Cai Yong, and negotiated the ransom and release of Wenji, but she had to leave her sons behind.
Upon her return, she found that her late father's works on the history of the Eastern Han dynasty had been lost due to the ravages of war. From memory, she compiled four hundred volumes of her father's writings, producing the Dongguan Hanji, the most comprehensive history of the Han dynasty to date.
Cai Wenji, beautiful daughter of noted historian, musician and poet, Cai Yong, lived during the late Han period. She followed in her father's footsteps, even mastering the playing of the guqin, the Chinese zither. In 195 AD, amid the turmoil of the weakening Han dynasty, she was kidnapped by the marauding Xiongnu and held for ransom. For twelve years she languished in barbarian territory and bore the Xiongnu chieftain two sons. Yet she never stopped yearning for her beloved China. Finally, in 207 A.D., the warlord Cao Cao became prime minister of China. He was a great friend of the late Cai Yong, and negotiated the ransom and release of Wenji, but she had to leave her sons behind.
Upon her return, she found that her late father's works on the history of the Eastern Han dynasty had been lost due to the ravages of war. From memory, she compiled four hundred volumes of her father's writings, producing the Dongguan Hanji, the most comprehensive history of the Han dynasty to date.
