Cai Yong

Official history

蔡邕字伯喈，陳留圉人也。[1]六世祖勳，[2]好黃老，平帝時為郿令。王莽初，授以厭戎連率。[3]勳對印綬仰天歎曰：「吾策名漢室，死歸其正。昔曾子不受季孫之賜，況可事二姓哉？」[4]遂攜將家屬，逃入深山，與鮑宣、卓茂等同不仕新室。父稜，亦有清白行，謚曰貞定公。

— 后汉书·卷60下^[3]

Basic facts

• Born: 133^[1]
• Died: 192^[1]
• Birthplace: Qi County^[1]

Portrayals

• Cai Yong (character in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms)