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Wenji Returning to China   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Li Yao (active 1736–95)
Title
Wenji Returning to China
Date 1766
date QS:P571,+1766-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions 98.5 × 29.2 cm
institution QS:P195,Q1051293
Notes Amid internal unrest during the later years of Han China, Xiongnu nomad tribesmen kidnapped Cai Wenji during a raid. She was forced into a marriage with a Xiongnu nomad chieftain and bore him two children. Some years later, her late father's friend, the warlord Cao Cao, brought north China under his control and sent a ransom to the Xiongnu to secure her return. She was allowed to return, but had to leave behind her two children. This painting depicts Cai Wenji as she parts with her two children before returning to China.
References Wenji Returning to China. Telling Images of China (2010 exhibit). Dublin: Chester Beatty Library.
Source/Photographer Wenji Returning to China. Telling Images of China (2010 exhibit). Dublin: Chester Beatty Library.
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