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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 a foster son of Cao Teng (曹騰), who in turn was one of the favorite eunuchs of Emperor Huan. Some historical records, including Biography of Cao Man, claim that Cao Song was originally surnamed Xiahou (thus making Cao Cao a cousin of Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan, two of his most prominent generals). In Romance of the Three Kingdoms , it states that Cao Cao's father was origianlly a Xiahou and ...

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According to the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Xiu lost his father before he turned twenty, when the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out. Bringing along his old mother, Cao Xiu moved south across the Yangtze River away from the rebel-infested north. When Cao Cao was raising an army to join the coalition against Dong Zhuo in 190, Cao Xiu heeded the call. Cao Cao was pleased to see his distant nephew, whom he described as the thousand-li horse of his family. He also had Cao Xiu reside with his future successor Cao Pi, and treated Cao Xiu like his own son. Henceforth Cao Xiu followed Cao ...

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Cao Xiu, Cao Xiu - Life, Cao Xiu - The Cao clan, Cao Xiu - Direct descendants, Cao Xiu - Extended family, Cao Xiu - Reference

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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 (荆州), defeating several armies and encircling Fan Castle (樊城), threatening to take it. There was much panic among Cao Cao and his advisors, with serious discussion of changing the capital to a further away location to be safer in the event of Fan Castle's fall. Sima Yi strongly opposed this idea, and instead proposed an alliance with the Kingdom of Wu in order to surround and defeat Guan Yu. His proposal was used, and was a great success. Guan Yu ...

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Sima Yi, Sima Yi - Early Life, Sima Yi - Background, Sima Yi - Entering Service with Cao Cao, Sima Yi - As a Strategist, Sima Yi - Early Career, Sima Yi - Battles Against Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi - Late Career, Sima Yi - After Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi - Friction with Cao Shuang, Sima Yi - Solidification of Power, Sima Yi - Legends, Sima Yi - Family, Sima Yi - Wife, Sima Yi - Direct Descendants, Sima Yi - Other Family, Sima Yi - Reference

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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 join the coalition against Dong Zhuo, the tyrannical warlord who held Emperor Xian hostage, Cao Zhen's father Cao Shao heeded the call but was killed before he could join Cao Cao. The Brief History of Wei (魏略) by Yu Huan (鱼豢), however, says Cao Zhen was originally surnamed Qin (秦). Cao Zhen's father Qin Bonan had long been friends with Cao Cao. In 195, as Cao Cao was fleeing f ...

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Cao Zhen, Cao Zhen - Life, Cao Zhen - Cao Zhen in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Zhen - The Cao clan, Cao Zhen - Direct descendants, Cao Zhen - Extended family, Cao Zhen - Reference

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Despite his failure in politics, Cao Zhi was hailed as one of the representatives of the poetic style of his time, together with his father Cao Cao, his elder brother Cao Pi and several other poets. Their poems formed the backbone of what was to be known as the jian'an style (建安风骨). The civil strife towards the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty gave the jian'an poems their characteristic solemn yet heart-stirring tone, while lament over the ephemerality of life was also a central theme of works from this period. In terms of the history of Chinese literature, the jian'an poems were a transition from the earl ...

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Cao Xiong - Direct descendants. Cao Bing (曹炳) Cao Xiong - Immediate family. Cao Cao (father) Cao Pi (elder brother) Cao Rui Cao Fang Cao Mao Cao Huan Cao Zhang (elder brother) Cao Zhi (elder brother) Cao Ang (elder half-brother) Cao Chong (younger half-brother) Cao Xiong - Extended family ...

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Cao Xiong, Cao Xiong - The Cao clan, Cao Xiong - Direct descendants, Cao Xiong - Immediate family, Cao Xiong - Extended family

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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 family estates and several hundred servants in their employ, whom Cao Chun managed well. Being well-learned himself, Cao Chun also befriended scholars, who flocked to him. At seventeen, Cao Chun entered the Han imperial court in Luoyang as the Attendant at the Yellow Gates (黄门侍郎, a spokesman for the emperor). In 189, Cao Chun joined his elder cousin Cao Cao's army and followed him to war against Dong Zhuo, the tyrannical warl ...

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Cao Chun, Cao Chun - Life, Cao Chun - The Cao Clan, Cao Chun - Direct descendants, Cao Chun - Immediate family, Cao Chun - Extended family, Cao Chun - Reference

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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 a foster son of Cao Teng (曹騰), who in turn was one of the favorite eunuchs of Emperor Huan. Some historical records, including Biography of Cao Man, claim that Cao Song was originally surnamed Xiahou (thus making Cao Cao a cousin of Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan, two ...

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Cao Cao, Cao Cao - Life, Cao Cao - Early life, Cao Cao - Alliance against Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao - The three kingdoms, Cao Cao - Major battles, Cao Cao - Battle of Yanzhou, Cao Cao - Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao - Battle of Red Cliffs, Cao Cao - Other contributions, Cao Cao - Agriculture and education, Cao Cao - Poetry, Cao Cao - Cao Cao in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao - Escape from Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao - Escape through Huarong Trail, Cao Cao - Death of Cao Cao and Hua Tuo, Cao Cao - Cao Cao in opera, Cao Cao - The Cao clan, Cao Cao - Direct male descendants, Cao Cao - Extended family, Cao Cao - Reference

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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 false rumor that Cao had executed Emperor Xian) arrived in Liu Bei's domain of Yi Province (益州, modern Sichuan and Chongqing), Liu Bei declared himself emperor as well, establishing Shu Han. Sun Quan, who controlled the vast majority of modern southeastern and southern China, did not take any affirmative ste ...

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Cao Pi, Cao Pi - Family background and early career, Cao Pi - Events of 220: inheritance of his father's position and seizure of the imperial throne, Cao Pi - As emperor of Cao Wei, Cao Pi - Failure to take advantage of the conflict between Liu Bei and Sun Quan, Cao Pi - Domestic matters, Cao Pi - Marriage and succession issues, Cao Pi - Era name, Cao Pi - Personal information

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Emperor Xian of Han - Rise of Dong Zhuo. After Prince Bian became emperor, He Jin became the most powerful official at court, and he and his advisor Yuan Shao quickly entered into a conspiracy to exterminate the powerful eunuchs. They were, however, rebuffed by Empress Dowager He, and they hatched the plan to secretly order a number of generals to advance on the capital Luoyang to force Empress Dowager He to agree to their demands. One of these generals was the generally disobedient Dong Zhuo, who saw this as an ...

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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 people from the Tarim Basin who supplied jade to the Chinese. The supply of jade from the Tarim Basin from ancient times is indeed well documented archeologically: "It is well known that ancient Chinese rulers had a strong attachment to jade. All of the jade items excavated from the tomb of Fuhao of the Shang dynasty, more than 750 pieces, were from Khotan in modern Xinjiang. As early as the mid-first millennium BCE the Yuezhi engaged in the jade trade, of which the major consumers were the rulers of agricultural ...

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Yuezhi, Yuezhi - Origins, Yuezhi - The Yuezhi exodus, Yuezhi - Settlement in Transoxiana, Yuezhi - Invasion of Bactria, Yuezhi - Expansion into the Hindu-Kush, Yuezhi - Founders of the Kushan empire, Yuezhi - Yuezhi monarchs

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The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a historical novel by Luo Guanzhong, was a romanticization of the events that occurred before and during the Three Kingdoms period. Exploiting the intricate relationship among the Cao Cao's sons, especially Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, Luo Guanzhong was able to create a palace scene where the elder brother, having succeeded his father, tried to do away with his younger brother. After the death of Cao Cao, Cao Zhi failed to turn up for the funeral. Men sent by Cao Pi found Cao Zhi drunk in his own house ...

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Cao Zhi, Cao Zhi - Life, Cao Zhi - Poetry, Cao Zhi - Cao Zhi in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Zhi - The Cao clan, Cao Zhi - Direct descendant, Cao Zhi - Immediate family, Cao Zhi - Extended family, Cao Zhi - Reference

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Cao Zhi - Direct descendant. Cao Zhi (曹志) Cao Zhi - Immediate family. Cao Cao (father) Cao Ang (elder half-brother) Cao Pi (elder brother) Cao Rui Cao Fang Cao Mao Cao Huan Cao Zhang (elder brother) Cao Xiong (younger brother) Cao Chong (younger half-brother) Cao Zhi - Extended familySee also:

Cao Zhi, Cao Zhi - Life, Cao Zhi - Poetry, Cao Zhi - Cao Zhi in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Zhi - The Cao clan, Cao Zhi - Direct descendant, Cao Zhi - Immediate family, Cao Zhi - Extended family, Cao Zhi - Reference

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Cao Cao - Battle of Yanzhou. In 193, China fell into a state of full-fledged civil war. Meanwhile, remnants of the Yellow Turban rebels still plagued the country. A wandering throng of the rebels from the Qingzhou (青州) numbering a million invaded the Yanzhou (兗州). Bao Xin (鮑信), a subject of Yanzhou governor Liu Dai (劉岱), advised the latter to fortify the city and wait for the enemies to disperse. Liu Dai refus ...

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Cao Cao, Cao Cao - Life, Cao Cao - Early life, Cao Cao - Alliance against Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao - The three kingdoms, Cao Cao - Major battles, Cao Cao - Battle of Yanzhou, Cao Cao - Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao - Battle of Red Cliffs, Cao Cao - Other contributions, Cao Cao - Agriculture and education, Cao Cao - Poetry, Cao Cao - Cao Cao in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao - Escape from Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao - Escape through Huarong Trail, Cao Cao - Death of Cao Cao and Hua Tuo, Cao Cao - Cao Cao in opera, Cao Cao - The Cao clan, Cao Cao - Direct male descendants, Cao Cao - Extended family, Cao Cao - Reference

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Cao Cao - Agriculture and education. While waging military campaigns against his enemies, Cao Cao did not forget the basis of society – agriculture and education. In 194, a locust plague caused a major famine across China. According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, the people ate each other out of desperation. Without food, many armies were defeated even without fighting. From this experience, Cao Cao saw the importance of an ample food supply in building a strong military. He began a serie ...

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Cao Cao, Cao Cao - Life, Cao Cao - Early life, Cao Cao - Alliance against Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao - The three kingdoms, Cao Cao - Major battles, Cao Cao - Battle of Yanzhou, Cao Cao - Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao - Battle of Red Cliffs, Cao Cao - Other contributions, Cao Cao - Agriculture and education, Cao Cao - Poetry, Cao Cao - Cao Cao in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao - Escape from Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao - Escape through Huarong Trail, Cao Cao - Death of Cao Cao and Hua Tuo, Cao Cao - Cao Cao in opera, Cao Cao - The Cao clan, Cao Cao - Direct male descendants, Cao Cao - Extended family, Cao Cao - Reference

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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 Kingdoms, Cao Zhi could recite the Shi Jing, Analects and more than ten thousand verses worth of poems before he even turned twenty. His literary talent made him a favorite son of Cao Cao in the early stage of his life. However, Cao Zhi was an impetuous man with little self-discipline. He was also a heavy drinker. On the other hand, his elder brother Cao Pi was a shrewd man who knew ho ...

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Cao Zhi, Cao Zhi - Life, Cao Zhi - Poetry, Cao Zhi - Cao Zhi in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Zhi - The Cao clan, Cao Zhi - Direct descendant, Cao Zhi - Immediate family, Cao Zhi - Extended family, Cao Zhi - Reference

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The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a historical novel by Luo Guanzhong, was a romanticization of the events that occurred during the Three Kingdoms period. While staying true to history most of the time, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms inevitably gave Cao Cao a certain degree of dramatic make-up, in such a tone so as to suggest him as a cruel and suspicious character. On several occasions, Luo Guanzhong even made up fictional or semi-fictional events involving Cao Cao. These in ...

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Cao Cao, Cao Cao - Life, Cao Cao - Early life, Cao Cao - Alliance against Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao - The three kingdoms, Cao Cao - Major battles, Cao Cao - Battle of Yanzhou, Cao Cao - Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao - Battle of Red Cliffs, Cao Cao - Other contributions, Cao Cao - Agriculture and education, Cao Cao - Poetry, Cao Cao - Cao Cao in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao - Escape from Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao - Escape through Huarong Trail, Cao Cao - Death of Cao Cao and Hua Tuo, Cao Cao - Cao Cao in opera, Cao Cao - The Cao clan, Cao Cao - Direct male descendants, Cao Cao - Extended family, Cao Cao - Reference

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The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a historical novel by Luo Guanzhong, was a romanticization of the events that occurred before and during the Three Kingdoms Period. In it Cao Zhen made a late appearance in Chapter 84, where he accompanied the first emperor of the Kingdom of Wei Cao Pi on a campaign against the Kingdom of Wu. Cao Zhen's importance rose since Chapter 91 as Zhuge Liang, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Shu, launched his Northern Expeditions against Wei. However, his contributions towards the series of battles an ...

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Cao Zhen, Cao Zhen - Life, Cao Zhen - Cao Zhen in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Zhen - The Cao clan, Cao Zhen - Direct descendants, Cao Zhen - Extended family, Cao Zhen - Reference

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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 Zhen - Extended family. Cao Cao¹ (distant uncle) Cao Pi Cao Rui Cao Fang Cao Mao Cao Huan Cao Zhang Cao Zhi Cao Xiong Cao Ang Cao ChongSee also:

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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 Xiongnu leader. Maodun stole a horse and escaped when the Yuezhi tried to kill him in retaliation for an attack by his father. Maodun subsequently became ruler of the Xiongnu after killing his father. Around 177 BCE, led by one of Maodun's tribal chiefs, the Xiongnu invaded Yuezhi territory in the Gansu region and achieved a crushing victory. Maodun boasted in a letter to the Han emperor that due to "t ...

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