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Cao Wei
This article is about the Three Kingdoms state. For the Warring States Period state, see Wei (state). For the Northern and Southern Dynasties state, see Northern Wei.
Cao Wei (Simplified/Traditional Chinese: 曹魏; pinyin: Cáo Wèi), also known in English as the Kingdom of Wei (ch: 魏, py: wèi, wg: wei) (220-265) was one of the Three Kingdoms competing for control of China after the fall of the Han Dynasty. The prefix "Cao" (the imperial clan name) is added to distinguish it from several other states in Chinese history known as Wei -- Wei (warring states period) and Northern Wei (as well as Northern Wei's successor states Western Wei and Eastern Wei).
During the decline of the Han Dynasty, the northern part of China was under the control of Cao Cao, the Imperial Secretariat to the last Han emperor (see Unification of northern China). In 213, he was titled Wei Gong (Duke of Wei) and given ten cities as his domain. This area was named the "State of Wei". At that time, the southern part of China was already divided into two areas controlled by two warlords (later the Kingdom of Shu and Kingdom of Wu). In 216, Cao Cao was promoted to Wei Wang (Prince/King of Wei).
In 220, Cao Cao died and his son Cao Pi succeded to the title Wei Wang and the position as Imperial Secretarist. Later that year, Cao Pi seized the imperial throne and claimed to have founded the Wei Dynasty, but Liu Bei of Shu Han immediately contested his claim to the throne, and Sun Quan of Eastern Wu followed suit in 222.
Wei conquered Shu Han in 263. Shortly afterwards, in 265, the Wei dynasty was overthrown by its last Imperial Secretariat, Sima Yan, founder of the Jin Dynasty.
The capital of Wei was Luoyang.
- Important figures:
- Cao Wei:
- Cao Cao (曹操)
- Cao Pi (曹丕)
- Cao Zhi (曹植)
- Cao Ren (曹仁)
- Xiahou Dun (夏侯惇)
- Xiahou Yuan (夏侯渊)
- Zhang Liao (张辽)
- Yue Jin (乐进)
- Xu Huang (徐晃)
- Zhang He (张郃)
- Yu Jin (于禁)
- Xun You (荀攸)
- Xun Yu (荀彧)
- Chen Qun (陈群)
- Guo Jia (郭嘉)
- Cheng Yu (程昱)
- Sima Yi (司馬懿)
- Sima Shi (司馬师)
- Sima Zhao (司馬昭)
- Sima Yan (司馬炎)
- Deng Ai (邓艾)
- Wuqiu Jian (毋丘儉)
- Zhong Hui (钟会)
Qinglong (青龍 qīng lóng) 233-237
Cao Wei - External Source
- Bo Yang's edition of Zizhi Tungjian by Sima Guang. 柏楊版資治通鑑
Category: History of China
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