Cài Yōng cóng huǒ lǐ jiùchū yí kuài hǎo mùtou, bǎ tā zuòchéng le yì zhāng qín.
Cai Yong rescued a fine piece of wood from a fire and made it into a qin.
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culture
The qin kept the scorch mark at its end, so it was named 焦尾琴, the "Scorched-Tail Qin", one of the four famous qins of legend.
history
In 175 he oversaw the carving of the classics on stone tablets, the 熹平石经, set up at the imperial academy in 洛阳. He died in prison in 192 after sighing over the death of 董卓, who had favoured him.
