Cao Rui - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Cao Rui: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Rui - As Emperor
Cao Rui's reign was a paradoxical one in many ways. He was clearly intelligent and capable, and yet never fulfilled his potential in his ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Cao: Encyclopedia - Cao Cao
Cao Cao (155 – 220), whose name is also often transliterated and should be correctly pronounced as Ts'ao Ts'ao, was a regional warlord ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 203: Encyclopedia - 203
203 - Events. Roman Emperor Septimius Severus rebuilds Byzantium. 203 - Births. Probable birth of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius An...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 227: Encyclopedia - 227
Events Ireland - Rule of High King Cormac mac Airt begins (approximate) Cao Rui becomes emperor of the Kingdom of Wei Births Deaths Cat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuezhi: Encyclopedia - Yuezhi
Yuezhi (Chinese:月氏, also 月支, Wade-Giles: Yüeh-Chih) or Da Yuezhi (Chinese:大月氏, also 大月支, "Great Yuezhi") is the Chin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Pi: Encyclopedia - Cao Pi
Cáo Pī (曹丕, 187 - 226), formally Emperor Wen of (Cao) Wei (曹魏文帝), courtesy name Zihuan (子桓), was born in Qiao County, P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Fang: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Fang - Reign
Cao Fang would have the longest reign in Cao Wei's history, but during no time did have real imperial authority. During his reign, the po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Mao: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Mao - Reign: Domination By The Simas
Despite Empress Dowager Guo's intentions and Cao Mao's own intelligence, however, they made very little impact in trying to stem the tide...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Huan: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Huan - Reign
At the time Cao Huang became emperor, his name was changed to "Cao Huan", because it was difficult to observe naming taboo with the name ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Ang: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Ang - Life
Cao Ang was born in 175 to Cao Cao and Lady Liu. Little was documented about his early life except that he was recommended as xiaolian¹ ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Ren: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Ren - Life
Born in the county of Qiao (谯, present day Bozhou, Anhui), Cao Ren was a younger cousin of Cao Cao. His grandfather and father had both...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanguo Zhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanguo Zhi - Sanguo Zhi As Historical Record
The romantic and historical traditions of Three Kingdoms have been so confused in the centuries after the period that the Sanguo Zhi is a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Chong: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Chong - Life
Cao Chong was born the eldest son of Cao Cao and Consort Huan. According to the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms by Chen Shou, Cao Chong ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Zhang: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Zhang - Life
The second of Cao Cao's four sons by Princess Bian, Cao Zhang was said to excel in archery and armed combat in his youth. Though Cao Cao ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xu Huang: Encyclopedia Ii - Xu Huang - Life
Born in the county of Yang (楊, present day Hongdong, Shanxi) in the late years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Xu Huang worked as a local a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sun Quan: Encyclopedia Ii - Sun Quan - Reign As The Monarch Of Eastern Wu
Sun Quan - Early reign. Early in Sun Quan's reign, the Eastern Wu administration was known for its efficiency, as Sun showed a knack fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xu Chu: Encyclopedia Ii - Xu Chu - Life
Xu Chu was born in the county of Qiao (modern day Bozhou, Anhui). According to the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, he was over 8 chi ta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zhang He: Encyclopedia Ii - Zhang He - Life
Zhang He - Early career. A local of Mao (鄚, present day Maozhou Town, Hebei), the birth year of Zhang He was not recorded. After the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zhen Luo: Encyclopedia Ii - Zhen Luo - Marriage To Cao Pi
Yuan Shao, the most powerful warlord at the time, was defeated by Cao Cao at the Battle of Guandu in 200, and died in 202. After his deat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Guo Nüwang: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Guo Nüwang - As Empress
After Guo Nüwang became empress, she was said to have been a good leader of the imperial consorts, treating them well and disciplining t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Cao: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Cao - Life
Cao Cao - Early life. Cao Cao was born in the county of Qiao (譙, present day Bozhou, Anhui) in 155. His father Cao Song (曹嵩) was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Xiu: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Xiu - Life
According to the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Xiu lost his father before he turned twenty, when the Yellow Turban Rebellion brok...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sima Yi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sima Yi - As A Strategist
Sima Yi - Early Career. In the year 219, the general Guan Yu of the Kingdom of Shu had progressed very far in his campaign in Jingzhou ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Zhen: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Zhen - Life
According to the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Zhen was a distant nephew of Cao Cao. In 190, when Cao Cao was raising an army to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Zhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Zhi - Poetry
Despite his failure in politics, Cao Zhi was hailed as one of the representatives of the poetic style of his time, together with his fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Xiong: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Xiong - The Cao Clan
Cao Xiong - Direct descendants. Cao Bing (曹炳) Cao Xiong - Immediate family. Cao Cao (father) Cao Pi (elder brother) Cao Rui ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Chun: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Chun - Life
Born in 170, Cao Chun was a younger brother of Cao Ren. When Cao Chun was thirteen, their father died and the brothers took over the fami...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Cao: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Cao - Life
Cao Cao - Early life. Cao Cao was born in the county of Qiao (譙, present day Bozhou, Anhui) in 155. His father Cao Song (曹嵩) was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Pi: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Pi - As Emperor Of Cao Wei
Cao Pi - Failure to take advantage of the conflict between Liu Bei and Sun Quan. After news of Cao Pi's ascension (and an accompanying ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Xian Of Han: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Xian Of Han - Ascension To The Throne And Collapse Of The Han Regime
Emperor Xian of Han - Rise of Dong Zhuo. After Prince Bian became emperor, He Jin became the most powerful official at court, and he an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of China-related Topics 123-l: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of China-related Topics 123-l - B
Badaling - Badaling Expressway - Bagua zhang - Baguwen - Bai - Bai hua - Bai Juyi - Bai Ling - Bai Shouyi - Baitou Mountain - Baiyun Inte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuezhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yuezhi - Origins
The first known reference to the Yuezhi was made in 645 BCE by the Chinese economist Guan Zhong. He described the Yuezhi, or Niuzhi, as a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Zhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Zhi - Cao Zhi In Romance Of The Three Kingdoms
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a historical novel by Luo Guanzhong, was a romanticization of the events that occurred before and duri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Zhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Zhi - The Cao Clan
Cao Zhi - Direct descendant. Cao Zhi (曹志) Cao Zhi - Immediate family. Cao Cao (father) Cao Ang (elder half-brother) Cao Pi (e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Cao: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Cao - Major Battles
Cao Cao - Battle of Yanzhou. In 193, China fell into a state of full-fledged civil war. Meanwhile, remnants of the Yellow Turban rebels...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Cao: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Cao - Other Contributions
Cao Cao - Agriculture and education. While waging military campaigns against his enemies, Cao Cao did not forget the basis of society �...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Zhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Zhi - Life
Born in 192, Cao Zhi was the third son of the powerful warlord Cao Cao and Princess Bian. According to the Chronicles of the Three Kingdo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Cao: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Cao - Cao Cao In Romance Of The Three Kingdoms
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a historical novel by Luo Guanzhong, was a romanticization of the events that occurred during the Thre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Zhen: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Zhen - Cao Zhen In Romance Of The Three Kingdoms
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a historical novel by Luo Guanzhong, was a romanticization of the events that occurred before and duri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Zhen: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Zhen - The Cao Clan
Cao Zhen - Direct descendants. Cao Shuang Cao Xi (曹羲) Cao Xun (曹训) Cao Ze (曹则) Cao Yan (曹彦) Cao Ai (曹皑) Cao Z...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuezhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yuezhi - The Yuezhi Exodus
The Yuezhi sometimes practiced the exchange of hostages with the Xiongnu, and at one time were hosts to Maodun (Ch:冒頓), son of the Xi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zhen Luo: Encyclopedia Ii - Zhen Luo - Early Life And Marriage To Yuan Xi
Zhen Luo was from Zhongshan Commandery (roughly modern Baoding, Hebei). It is not known when she was born. Her father Zhen Yi (甄逸) wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xu Huang: Encyclopedia Ii - Xu Huang - Xu Huang In Romance Of The Three Kingdoms
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a historical novel by Luo Guanzhong, was a romanticization of the events that occurred before and duri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuezhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yuezhi - Invasion Of Bactria
Some time after 126 BCE, possibly disturbed by further incursions of rivals from the north, and apparently vanquished by the Parthian kin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xu Chu: Encyclopedia Ii - Xu Chu - Xu Chu In Romance Of The Three Kingdoms
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a historical novel by Luo Guanzhong, was a romanticization of the events that occurred before and duri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuezhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yuezhi - Settlement In Transoxiana
The Yuezhi were visited by a Chinese mission, led by Zhang Qian in 126 BCE, that was seeking an offensive alliance with the Yuezhi to cou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuezhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yuezhi - Expansion Into The Hindu-kush
The area of the Hindu-Kush (Paropamisadae) was ruled by the western Indo-Greek king until the reign of Hermaeus (reigned c. 90–70 BCE)....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuezhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yuezhi - Founders Of The Kushan Empire
By the end of the 1st century BCE, one of the five tribes of the Yuezhi, the Kui-Shan (Ch: 貴霜, Guishang, origin of name Kushan adopte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sun Quan: Encyclopedia Ii - Sun Quan - Early Life
Sun Quan was born in 182, while his father Sun Jian was still an Eastern Han general. After his father's death in 191, he became the char...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Zhang: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Zhang - The Cao Clan
Cao Zhang - Direct descendant. Cao Kai (曹楷) Cao Zhang - Immediate family. Cao Cao (father) Cao Ang (elder half-brother) Cao P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sun Quan: Encyclopedia Ii - Sun Quan - As Warlord After Sun Ce's Death
Sun Quan - Prior to the Battle of Chibi. Sun Ce was assassinated in 200 during a hunt. On his deathbed, he knew that his son was still ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zhang He: Encyclopedia Ii - Zhang He - Dynasty Warriors
Zhang He also appears as a character in the popular Dynasty Warriors video game series by Koei, where he is depicted as a narcissist who ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Cao: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Cao - The Cao Clan
Cao Cao - Direct male descendants. Cao Pi (曹丕)¹ Cao Rui (曹睿) Cao Fang (曹芳) Cao Mao (曹髦) Cao Huan (曹奂) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of China-related Topics 123-l: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of China-related Topics 123-l - E
Earthly Branches - East Asia - East Asian Tigers - East China Normal University - East China Sea - East Rail, KCRC - East Touch - East Tu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Chong: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Chong - The Cao Clan
Cao Chong - Direct descendants. Cao Cong (true son of Cao Ju (曹据)) (曹琮) Cao Chong - Immediate family. Cao Cao (father) Ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of China-related Topics 123-l: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of China-related Topics 123-l - C
Cai Lun - Cai Wen - Cai Yuanpei - Caijing - Cairo Conference - Calligraphy - Callistephus - Cangjie method - Canidrome - Cantonese (lingu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Chun: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Chun - The Cao Clan
Cao Chun - Direct descendants. Cao Yan (曹演) Cao Liang (曹亮) Cao Chun - Immediate family. Cao Ren (elder brother) Cao Ta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Ang: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Ang - The Cao Clan
Cao Ang - Direct descendants. Cao Wan (true son of Cao Jun (曹均)) (曹琬) Cao Lian (曹廉) Cao Ang - Immediate family. Cao...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of China-related Topics 123-l: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of China-related Topics 123-l - H
H. H. Kung - Ha Jin - Hai He - Hai jin - Haicheng - Haidian District - Haier - Haikou - Haikouella - Haikouichthys - Hainan - Hakka - Hak...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sima Yi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sima Yi - Late Career
Sima Yi - After Zhuge Liang. After Zhuge Liang's death, Shu's northern expeditions ceased for the time being, and peace returned to the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sima Yi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sima Yi - Family
Sima Yi - Wife. Lady Zhang Chunhua (張春華) (d. 247), later posthumously honored as Empress Xuanmu (宣穆皇后) Sima Yi - Direc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanguo Zhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanguo Zhi - Origin And Structure Of Sanguo Zhi
Together with the Shi ji (Records of the Grand Historian), Han Shu (Book of Han) and Hou Han Shu (Book of the Later Han), Sanguo Zhi is p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of China-related Topics 123-l: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of China-related Topics 123-l - K
K-8 - K. H. Ting - Kadampa - Kagyu - Kai-lan - Kai Tak International Airport - Kaifeng - Kaiping - Kaiyuan - Kang Sheng - Kang Youwei - K...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Zhang: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Zhang - Cao Zhang In Romance Of The Three Kingdoms
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a historical novel by Luo Guanzhong, was a romanticization of the events that occurred before and duri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Fang: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Fang - Background
Cao Fang was probably born in 231, into a princely household of Cao Wei royalty and adopted by the emperor Cao Rui at a young age, perhap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Pi: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Pi - Events Of 220: Inheritance Of His Father's Position And Seizure Of The Imperial Throne
Cao Cao died in spring 220, while he was at Luoyang. Even though Cao Pi had been crown prince for several years, there was initially some...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Pi: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Pi - Family Background And Early Career
Cao Pi was born in 187, to Cao Cao and one of his favorite concubines, Lady Bian. At the time of Cao Pi's birth, Cao Cao was a mid-level ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Xiu: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Xiu - The Cao Clan
Cao Xiu - Direct descendants. Cao Zhao (曹肇) Cao Xiu - Extended family. Cao Cao (distant uncle) Cao Pi Cao Rui Cao Fang Cao...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sima Yi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sima Yi - Early Life
Sima Yi - Background. Sima Yi descended from the famous historian Sima Qian, author of the Shiji. He was one of 8 brothers, all of whom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Huan: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Huan - Family Background And Ascension To The Throne
The future emperor was born as Cao Huang (曹璜) in 246. His father Cao Yu (曹宇) was the Prince of Yan and one of the youngest sons o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Ren: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Ren - The Cao Clan
Cao Ren - Direct Descendants. Cao Tai (曹泰) Cao Chu (曹初) Cao Kai (曹楷) Cao Fan (曹范) Cao Ren - Immediate family. C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Huan: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Huan - Abdication And Later Life
Cao Wei itself did not last much longer, however. In 263, Sima again forced Cao Huan to grant him the nine bestowments and this time fina...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Mao: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Mao - Attempted Coup Against Sima Zhao And Death
In 260, at age 19, Cao Mao was forced to again issue an edict granting Sima Zhao the nine bestowments, which Sima declined again, but whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Mao: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Mao - Family Background And Ascension To The Throne
Cao Mao was born in 241, the son of Cao Lin (曹霖), the Prince of Donghai, who was the son of Cao Wei's first emperor Cao Pi, making hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Xian Of Han: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Xian Of Han - Family Background
The future Emperor Xian was born in 181, to Emperor Ling and his concubine Consort Wang. During her pregnancy, Consort Wang, fearful of E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cao Rui: Encyclopedia Ii - Cao Rui - Family Background
When Cao Rui was born (likely in 205), his grandfather Cao Cao was the paramount warlord of Han Dynasty, who had rendered Emperor Xian of...   » Read the article