Xun Cai (荀采) was a Chinese noblewoman and poet from the late Eastern Han dynasty to the early Three Kingdoms period.
She was the daughter of Xun Shuang, a writer turned politician at the court of Han empire.
Xun Shuang's plan was to bring her home and force her to marry Guo Yi.
When she learned that her father had tricked, Xun Cai refused to remarry and took up a knife threatening to take her own life.
[3] After arriving at Guo's house, Xun Cai pretended to be happy Some time later she said to the others, "At first, I expected to die in the same tomb as Yin Yu, but I was forced by my family to come here and I couldn't fulfill my wish.
[4] Guo Yi was a gentleman who greatly admired Xun Cai, so he said that he would leave at dawn.
When Guo Yi left, Xun Cai ordered the people around her to get ready for a stone cold bath.