Cai Wenji

Cài Wénjī (蔡文姬) (177 – 250) was a Han dynasty poet and composer. Sometimes known as Cài Yăn (蔡琰).

She wrote 18 songs for the flute.

She spent part of her life as a prisoner of the Xiongnu tribe. 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.