# Tsai Chin (singer)

Tsai Chin (Chinese: 蔡琴; pinyin: Cài Qín; Wade–Giles: Ts'ai$^4$ Ch'in$^2$; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhoà Khîm) is a pop and folk singer from Taiwan. Tsai sings in both Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese Hokkien.

## Music career

Tsai's hits include "Forgotten Times" (《被遺忘的時光》), "Just Like Your Tenderness" (《恰似你的温柔》), "The Last Night" (《最後一夜》), "Reading You" (《讀你》) and "The Spirit of Your Eyes" (《你的眼神》). The peak of her popularity in Taiwan was from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s, but she remains popular in Mainland China.
Tsai's albums Tsai Chin Live 2007 and Golden Voice were both recognized with a "Top-10-Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year" award at the 2007 IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards, presented by the Hong Kong branch of IFPI.

## Personal life

Tsai was married to Taiwanese director Edward Yang from 1985 to 1995. Tsai was featured alongside Hou Hsiao-Hsien in Yang's 1985 film Taipei Story.

## Discography

| Year | Album | Label | Remarks |
| 1980 | 《出塞曲》 | HAI SHAN | |
| May 1981 | 《秋瑾》 | HAI SHAN | |
| Sept 1981 | 《你的眼神》 | HAI SHAN | |
| Sept 1982 | 《一千個春天》 | 四海 | |
| Sept 1982 | 《再愛我一次》 | HAI SHAN | |
| Nov 1982 | 《藍色的夢》 | HAI SHAN | |
| March 1983 | 《不了情》 | HAI SHAN | |
| May 1983 | 《昨夜之燈》 | HAI SHAN | |
| Nov 1983 | 《世界名曲專輯》 | HAI SHAN | |
| April 1984 | 《此情可待》 | | |
| July 1985 | 《癡癡的等》(TO WAIT DEVOTEDLY) | UFO GROUP | |
| 1986 | 《蔡琴個人演唱會精選》 | | 14 –16 Oct 1983 HK AC Hall Concert |
| March 1986 | 《傷心小站》(HEARTBREAK STATION) | | |
| Dec 1986 | 《飛向未來》 | UFO GROUP | |
| Sept 1987 | 《第一種聲音》 | UFO GROUP | |
| Nov 1987 | 《時間的河》 | UFO GROUP | |
| Dec 1987 | 《美就是心中有愛》 | UFO GROUP | 中華民國小姐選拔特別專輯 |
| 1988 | 《人生就是戲》(LIFE IS A SHOW) | UFO GROUP | |
| June 1988 | 《火舞》(DANCE OF FIRE) | UFO GROUP | |
| Oct 1989 | 《談心》(ABOUT HEARTS) | UFO GROUP | |
| Dec 1990 | 《回到未來》~國語懷念老歌 | UFO GROUP | |
| Dec 1990 | 《回到未來》~台語懷念老歌 | UFO GROUP | |
| Dec 1991 | 《太陽出來了》 | UFO GROUP | |
| July 1992 | 《你不要那樣看著我的眼睛》 | 波麗佳音 | |
| Sept 1993 | 《一曲成名-輝煌時代》 | UFO GROUP | |
| Jan 1994 | 《新感情舊回憶》 | DIEN JIANG | |
| July 1995 | 《Late Night Show》 | DIEN JIANG | |
| Jan 1996 | 《民歌蔡琴》 | DIEN JIANG | |
| Feb 1996 | 《情歌蔡琴》 | EMI | |
| June 1996 | 《飄浪之女》台語專輯 | DIEN JIANG | |
| July 1997 | 《傻话 心太急》《Rush》 | DIEN JIANG | |
| Feb 1998 | 《答案》 | Rock Records | 與萬芳合唱單曲 |
| Sept 1998 | 《原聲帶》 | WARNER | |
| Feb 1999 | 《音樂大世紀-歌癮十五年》 | UFO GROUP | UFO ARTISTS |
| Sept 1999 | 《精選蔡琴》 | EMI | |
| Sept 1999 | 《沒有男人的房子不算家》 | WARNER | 【天使不夜城】歌舞劇原聲帶 |
| March 2000 | 《機遇》 | GODOT THEATRE | 【淡水小鎮】原聲帶 |
| June 2000 | 《To Encounter》 | ZRUDEN | |
| Sept 2000 | 《花天走地》 | Universal Music | |
| Feb 2001 | 金片子【壹】- 天涯歌女 | ZRUDEN | |
| Feb 2001 | 金片子【貳】- 魂縈舊夢 | ZRUDEN | |
| July 2001 | 《橘子紅了》 | ZRUDEN | |
| Sept 2001 | 《Continue》 | ZRUDEN | |
| Jan 2002 | 《蔡琴一起走來香港演唱會Live》 | BETTER | |
| Aug 2002 | 《Mesmerized》蔡琴懷舊精選 | WARNER | |
| Sept 2003 | 《情盡夜上海回憶錄》 | GODOT THEATRE | 【情盡夜上海】雋永老歌歌舞劇 |
| Feb 2004 | 《Best of The Best》 | WARNER | |
| March 2004 | 《抒琴時間》 | WARNER | |
| July 2004 | 《Under The Moon Light 2004》 | 廣州天藝 | |
| May 2005 | 《一千個春天》【經典復刻版】 | music543.com | |
| April 2007 | 《不了情2007經典歌曲香港演唱會》 | UNIVERSAL | |
| Oct 2007 | 蔡琴《金聲演奏廳》 | UNIVERSAL | |
| Nov 2008 | 不悔 | UNIVERSAL | |
| Aug 2009 | 愛像一首歌 | UNIVERSAL | |
| April 2010 | 如夢令 | 擎天娛樂 | |
| Aug 2013 | 全新飛翔 | Sony Music | |
| Oct 2014 | Reunion(OT:Ça va pas changer le monde) | Sony Music | |

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Original Title | Role |
| 1984 | The Last Night of Madam Chin | 金大班的最後一夜 | |
| 1985 | Taipei Story | 青梅竹馬 | Ah-chen |
| 1986 | Love Unto Waste | 地下情 | Chao Su-ling |
| 1991 | A Brighter Summer Day | 牯嶺街少年殺人事件 | Wang's wife |
| 1996 | Before Sunrise | 黎明之前 | Mother |

## In popular culture

Tsai's song "Forgotten Times" (《被遺忘的時光》) is featured prominently in the 2002 hit Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs as a recurring element of its story line, and also in its sequels. Besides serving to elucidate the theme of the films, the song plays an important plot function in chronologically connecting various elements of the story.