Cao Rui, ch. 曹叡, py. cáo rùi, wg. Ts'ao-Jui (205-239) was the son of Cao Pi and the second emperor of the Cao Wei. He is also known as the Emperor Ming of Wei, ch. 魏明帝, py. wèi míng dì, wg. Wei Ming-ti. His courtesy name was Yuanzhong (元仲). This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The letters CAO are used to denote several things: Central Applications Office - Irish organisation that oversees tertiary education applications Chief Administrative Officer of a company Chief Accounting Officer of a company Collectieve Arbeids Overeenkomst (Collective Work Agreement), Dutch term for a collective employment contract framework Computer Aided Optimization Computer Assisted... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Temple names (Traditional Chinese: 廟號 Simplified Chinese: 庙号 Pinyin: miào hào;), are commonly used when naming most Chinese, Vietnamese (such dynasties as Tran,Anterior Lê and Nguyen Dynasty) and most Korean rulers of the Goryeo and Joseon Dynasties. ... A posthumous name (Traditional Chinese: 諡號/謚號 Simplified Chinese: 谥号; Pinyin: shì hào; Romaji: shigō/tsuigō; Revised Romanization of Korean: siho) is a honorary name given to royalty in some cultures posthumously, that is, after the persons death. ... 漢字 / 汉字 Chinese character in Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja, Hán Tá»±. Red in Simplified Chinese. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), commonly called Pinyin, is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... Wade-Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration) system for the Chinese language based on Mandarin. ... Events Births Plotinus, according to his student Porphyry. ... Events In the Chinese Kingdom of Wei, Wei Qi Wang succeeds Wei Ming Di Births Deaths Cao Rui (Wei Ming Di), emperor of the Kingdom of Wei Categories: 239 ... Cáo PÄ« (曹丕, 187 - 226), born in Qiao County, Pei presently Bozhou city in An Hui Province. ... This article is about the Three Kingdoms state. ... Cha can also refer to a Latin American dance, also called the Cha-cha-cha. ...

Cao Rui's reign was viewed in many different ways throughout Chinese history. He was an emperor who was known to have been a strong military strategist and a supporter of the arts. He was also known to be astute in commissioning capable officials. However, he also expended great amounts of money and labor on excessive projects of building palaces and ancestral temples, and his reign saw the stalemate between his empire, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu become more entrenched. His building projects and his desire to have many concubines (who numbered in the thousands) greatly exhausted the imperial treasury. On his deathbed, he entrusted his son Cao Fang to the regency of Cao Shuang and Sima Yi -- a fatal mistake for his empire, as Cao Shuang monopolized power and governed incompetently, eventually drawing a violent reaction from Sima, who overthrew him in a coup d'etat and became in control of the Cao Wei government, eventually allowing his grandson Sima Yan to usurp the Wei throne. The Kingdom of Shu (蜀 shǔ) (221 – 263) was one of the Three Kingdoms competing for control of China after the fall of the Han Dynasty. ... The Three Kingdoms in 262, Eastern Wu is shown in green This article is about the Three Kingdoms state occupying modern southeastern China. ... Cao Fang, ch. ... Cao Shuang (曹爽) is the son of Cao Zhen. ... Sima Yi (179 - 251) was a general, military strategist, and politician of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. ... A coup détat, or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. ... Format of naming convention in English is under discussion at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Chinese) and Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Chinese)/monarchical titles. ...

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 Han a mere figurehead. His father Cao Pi was Cao Cao's oldest surviving son and the heir apparent. His mother Zhen Luo had been the wife of Yuan Shao's son Yuan Xi, but when she was seized by Cao Cao's army in 204, Cao Pi forced her to marry him, and she gave birth to Cao Rui only eight months after the wedding -- leading to rumors that Cao Rui was actually biologically Yuan Xi's son and not Cao Pi's. This eventually was used to great advantage by Cao Pi's concubine Guo Nüwang to create tension between Cao Pi and Lady Zhen. After Cao Pi, after his father's death in 220, forced Emperor Xian to yield the throne to him and established Cao Wei, Lady Zhen was not allowed to accompany him to the new capital Luoyang, and in 221 he forced her to commit suicide. Events Births Plotinus, according to his student Porphyry. ... For other uses, see Cao Cao (disambiguation). ... Later Han redirects here. ... Emperor Xian of Han, trad. ... Cáo PÄ« (曹丕, 187 - 226), born in Qiao County, Pei presently Bozhou city in An Hui Province. ... Zhen Luo (甄宓;甄洛) (d. ... Yuan Shao (? – 202) was a major warlord occupying the north of ancient China during the massive civil war towards the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Three Kingdoms era. ... Yuán XÄ« (Chinese: ; pinyin: yuán xÄ«) (176 – 207) was the second son of the warlord Yuán Shào and a military general under his father during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms era in ancient China. ... Events Births Philip the Arab, Roman Emperor (approximate date) Deaths Categories: 204 ... A swampy marsh area ... Empress Guo Nüwang (郭嬛) (d. ... Events Han Xiandi abdicates his throne to Cao Pi, symbolizing the end of the Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Three Kingdoms period in China. ... This article is about the Three Kingdoms state. ... Luoyang (Simplified Chinese: , Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Luòyáng) is a prefecture-level city in western Henan province, Peoples Republic of China. ... Events June 26 - Roman Emperor Elagabalus adopts Alexander Severus as his heir. ...

Because of what happened to Lady Zhen, even though Cao Rui was the oldest of Cao Pi's sons, he was not created crown prince early in his father's reign, but was only created the Prince of Pingyuan in 222. Sometimes during his years as the Prince of Pingyuan, he married a daughter of an aristocrat, Lady Yu, as his wife and princess. He apparently had a cordial relationship with Lady Guo, who was created empress (also in 222), and as she was sonless, his status as heir apparent was not seriously challenged. It is said that any thoughts that Cao Pi had at not making him heir was dissipated by a hunt; during that hunt, Cao Pi and Cao Rui had encountered a mother deer and a young deer. Cao Pi killed the mother deer with an arrow, and then ordered Cao Rui to kill the young deer. Cao Rui wept and said, "Your imperial majesty had already killed the mother, and I do not have the heart to kill the son as well." Cao Pi dropped his bow and arrows and became mournful. A Crown Prince or Crown Princess is the heir or heiress apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. ...

In 226, when Cao Pi became ill, he finally created Cao Rui crown prince. He died soon thereafter, and Cao Rui became emperor at the age of 21. Events: Accession of Wei Mingdi as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei of China. ...

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 governance of the country or in his military campaigns. He showed great compassion at times, and yet was capable of great cruelty. He carried out many acts that were beneficial for the empire and yet at least as many that were hurtful. Despite his uncle Cao Zhi's successive petitions, however, he continued the severe prohibitions against princes' holding of offices that his father Cao Pi had put in place, and this was commonly viewed by traditional historians as an eventual factor in the downfall of Cao Wei, as the Simas took power after Cao Rui's death without the imperial princes having any real ability to oppose them. Cao Zhi (曹植 192 – 232) was a Chinese poet during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms period. ...

Treatment of officials

Cao Rui, a young adult when he became emperor, quickly showed a knack for finding capable officials to empower while maintaining steady control over them. His father had appointed three regents for him -- his distant cousin Cao Zhen, the steady administrator Chen Qun, and the shrewd strategist Sima Yi. Once Cao Rui became emperor, however, he, while knowing the value of the advice of these senior officials, chose perhaps the best path to deal with them: honoring them and making them regional governors with full authority in the provinces they governed. By doing this, he showed that he was his own man while at the same time continued to receive the wisdom of their advice. ... Chen Qun (陳羣) a certain minister serving under Wei. ... Sima Yi (179 - 251) was a general, military strategist, and politician of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. ...

Throughout Cao Rui's reign, he showed great diligence in seeking out advice from multiple officials, rather than concentrating on listening to several, before making important decisions. He was generally cautious and not willing to take risks, but at the same time was therefore able to avoid major disasters for his empire.

Campaigns against Shu Han

See also: Northern Expeditions

One immediate threat that Cao Rui had to deal with after he became emperor were attacks from Shu Han's regent, Zhuge Liang. Zhuge had, after the death of Shu Han's founding emperor, Liu Bei, initially taken a passive posture militarily with regard to the Shu Han-Cao Wei border, while reestablishing an alliance with Sun Quan's Eastern Wu, in order to rest the people and the troops. In 227, he, under the theory that Shu Han was naturally a weaker state than Cao Wei and, if it had just sat and done nothing, would eventually be swallowed up by Cao Wei anyway, started a seres of five campaigns north. The Northern Expeditions (北伐) were a series of five military campaigns launched by the state of Shu against the northern state of Wei from A.D. 228 to 234. ... The Kingdom of Shu (蜀 shǔ) (221 – 263) was one of the Three Kingdoms competing for control of China after the fall of the Han Dynasty. ... This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhuge (諸葛) Zhuge Liang (181 - 234) was one of the greatest Chinese strategists of the Three Kingdoms era, as well as a statesman, engineer, scholar, and inventor. ... This is a Chinese name; the family name is Liu. ... The Three Kingdoms in 262, Eastern Wu is shown in green This article is about the Three Kingdoms state occupying modern southeastern China. ... Events Ireland - Rule of High King Cormac mac Airt begins (approximate) Cao Rui becomes emperor of the American television situation comedy that was originally broadcast from 1985 until 1990. ...

During these campaigns, Cao Rui's response was generally to head to Chang'an -- which Zhuge was ultimately aiming after -- and then commissioning generals to the frontlines to ward off Zhuge's attacks. This strategy had the effect of calming the troops and allowing him to be fairly quickly updated as to the events at the frontlines, while still keeping the central empire under his watch. At least partly because of Cao Rui's effectiveness, Zhuge's campaigns largely were futile, and after his death in 234 were largely abandoned by his successors Jiang Wan and Fei Yi. That did not mean that there was peace on the borders with Shu Han, however, as nearly yearly there were battles between the two states. However, there would be no major confrontations on the scale of Zhuge's campaigns for the rest of Cao Rui's reign. Changan ▶(?) (Simplified Chinese: 长安; Traditional Chinese: 長安; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chang-an) is the ancient capital of more than ten dynasties in China. ... Events Wei Yan revolts against the kingdom of Shu Han Births Emperor Wu of Jin China (approximate date) Deaths Li Yan, general of the Shu Kingdom Wei Yan, Shu general, executed by Ma Dai Zhuge Liang of the Shu Kingdom in China, dies on the Wu Zhang Plains in a... Jiang Wan (? - 246 AD) was an officer of the Shu Kingdom. ... Fei Yi (費禕) (d. ...

Campaigns against Eastern Wu

During Cao Rui's reigns, there were also many battles waged against the other rival empire, Eastern Wu. The very first came only two months after Cao Rui had become emperor in 226. It was during that campaign that Cao Rui showed his acumen for judging a situation correctly -- believing that by the time that reinforcements could be sent, Eastern Wu's monarch Sun Quan would have already withdrawn, and therefore sending reinforcements was pointless. Throughout his reign, he would generally take a similar stance during campaigns against Eastern Wu as he did with Shu Han -- head east personally to be close to the theater of the war, while remaining some distance away from the frontlines, which also proved to be effective. He also entrusted the southeastern border to the capable Man Chong, and Man's stewardship averted many disasters. Man Chong (满宠; ? – 242) was an officer of Cao Cao and later the Kingdom of Wei. ...

A major exception to Cao Rui's effectiveness came in 228, when the Eastern Wu general Zhou Fang tricked Cao Rui's distant cousin and regional governor Cao Xiu into believing that he was ready to surrender his troops to Cao Wei, while instead laying a trap for Cao Xiu. Instead of realizing that it was indeed a trap, Cao Rui enthusiastically approved Cao Xiu's plan, and this led to a major military disaster, but Cao Xiu's forces were saved by Jia Kui from total annihilation. The Praetorian guard kill Ulpian, Praetorian prefect, who had wanted to reduce their privileges. ... Cao Xiu (? – 228) was a military general under the powerful warlord Cao Cao and succeeding rulers of the Kingdom of Wei during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms Period in ancient China. ... Admonished Cao Zhang for quarrelling with his brother Cao Pi over who would succeed the throne. ...

The greatest challenge posed by Eastern Wu occurred in 234, when Eastern Wu, in a semi-coordinated effort with Shu Han, launched an attack against Cao Wei simultaneously with Zhuge Liang. (See Northern Expeditions for more details.) During the campaign, Cao Rui was again effective as a coordinator of the various forces that Cao Wei had on Eastern Wu's borders, and Eastern Wu was unable to make substantial gains. The Northern Expeditions (北伐) were a series of five military campaigns launched by the state of Shu against the northern state of Wei from A.D. 228 to 234. ...

Campaigns against Liaodong

The only real military gain for Cao Wei during Cao Rui's reign was the end of the Gongsun clan's hold on Liaodong (modern central and eastern Liaoning), started by Gongsun Du in 190. In 228, when Gongsun Du's grandson Gongsun Yuan deposed his uncle Gongsun Gong (公孫恭) in a coup and asked for an official commission from Cao Rui. Against Liu Ye (劉曄)'s advice to attack the Gongsuns while there was dissension within, Cao Rui gave Gongsun Yuan an official commission as the governor of Liaodong Commandery.   (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Liáoníng) is a northeastern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Gongsun Du (Traditional Chinese: 公孫度, pinyin: Gōngsūn Dù; ?-204) was a general of the Late Eastern Han Dynasty. ... Events A part of Rome burns, and emperor Commodus orders the city to be rebuilt under the name Colonia Commodiana First year of Chuping era of Chinese Han Dynasty Births 190 is a number Deaths Athenagoras of Athens, Christian apologist Categories: 190 ... The Praetorian guard kill Ulpian, Praetorian prefect, who had wanted to reduce their privileges. ... Gongsun Yuan (公孫淵 gong1 sun1 yuan1; ?-238) was a Chinese warlord in Liaodong and northwestern Korea. ...

In 232, Cao Rui, angry that Gongsun Yuan had repeatedly communicated with and sold horses to Eastern Wu, ordered his generals Tian Yu and Wang Xiong (王雄) to attack Liaodong, against Jiang Ji (蔣濟)'s advice; the attacks were not successful, although Tian was able to intercept the Eastern Wu horse-buying fleet and destroy it. After the incident, Gongsun appeared to have formally still remained a vassal of Cao Wei, but the relationship was damaged. Events Relics of St. ... The Three Kingdoms in 262, Eastern Wu is shown in green This article is about the Three Kingdoms state occupying modern southeastern China. ... Tian Yu (田豫) an officer of the Three Kingdoms Period that served under the Kingdom of Wei. ...

The next year, however, that relationship would be somewhat repaired. Gongsun, apprehensive of another attack from Cao Wei, sent ambassadors to Eastern Wu to formally submit to its emperor Sun Quan. Sun was so pleased that he immediately created Gongsun the Prince of Yan and granted him the nine bestowments, which were typically reserved for officials so powerful that the bestowments were typically viewed as a sign that the emperor was about to abdicate to them. Once Sun's ambassadors arrived in Liaodong, however, Gongsun, realizing that Eastern Wu would be of little help in an expedition against him, betrayed Eastern Wu, slaughtering Sun's ambassadors and seizing their troops. In response, Cao Rui created Gongsun the Duke of Lelang. (Part of the Eastern Wu troops were able to escape and eventually return home with the assistance of Goguryeo, a rival of the Gongsuns.) The nine bestowments (九錫) were awards given by Chinese emperors to extraordinary officials, ostensibly to reward them for their accomplishments. ... Goguryeo (traditional founding date 37 BCE; probably 2nd century BCE – 668 CE) was an ancient Korean kingdom located in the northern Korean Peninsula and Manchuria. ...

In 237, however, Cao Rui again considered attacking Liaodong, angered by reports that Gongsun had repeatedly defamed him. He commissioned Wuqiu Jian to prepare for an attack, and then ordered Gongsun to come to Luoyang for an official visit. Gongsun refused and declared independence. Wuqiu attacked him, but was stopped by torrential rains. Gongsun then declared himself the Prince of Yan and entered into alliances with the Xianbei tribes to harass Cao Wei's borders. Events Patriarch Eugenius I succeeds Patriarch Castinus as Patriarch of Constantinople Saint Babylas becomes Patriarch of Antioch Ardashir I of Persia renews his attacks on the Roman province of Mesopotamia. ... Wuqiu Jian (毋丘儉, Hanyu Pinyin: Wúqiū Jiǎn;, courtesy name: 仲恭 Zhòng Gōng, d. ... The Xianbei (Simplified Chinese: 鲜卑; Traditional Chinese: 鮮卑; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hsien-pei) were a significant nomadic people residing in modern Manchuria and eastern Mongolia, or Xianbei Shan, a historic term for Greater Khingan, before migrating into areas of the modern Chinese provinces of Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Hebei, Inner Mongolia...

The following year, Cao Rui sent Sima Yi instead and gave him 40,000 men. Gongsun, upon hearing this, again requested aid from Eastern Wu. Sun, angry at Gongsun's last betrayal, pretended to agree, but did not send Gongsun any actual help. Sima's expeditory force was, as Wuqiu's, also initially halted by torrential rains, but Sima waited out the rains and surrounded Gongsun's capital of Xiangping (襄平, in modern Liaoyang, Liaoning), starving Gongsun's troops. After nearly three months of siege, Xiangping fell, and Gongsun fled, but was captured and executed by Sima. Liaodong became part of Cao Wei's domain. Liaoyang (Simplified Chinese: 辽阳; Traditional Chinese: 遼陽; Pinyin: Liáoyáng) is a city in China, Liaoning province, located in the middle of the beautiful and rich Liaodong Peninsula. ...   (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Liáoníng) is a northeastern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Building projects and collection of concubines

Almost immediately after Cao Rui ascended the throne, he started out large scale palace and temple-building projects. Part of it was to be expected -- the Luoyang palaces had been remnants of the ones not destroyed by Dong Zhuo, and the temples were needed for the cults of his ancestors. However, he went beyond the minimally required, and continued to build temples and palaces throughout the rest of his reign, severely draining the imperial treasury. While he occasionally halted projects at the officials' behest, the projects would restart after brief breaks. He not only built palaces in Luoyang, but also built a palace in Xuchang (modern Xuchang, Hunan). In 237, he further moved many of the magnificent statutes and monuments that were commissioned by Emperor Wu of Han from Chang'an to Luoyang, costing great expenses and lives. He further built gigantic bronze statutes of his own and placed them on a man-made hill inside his palace, surrounded by rare trees and plants and populated by rare animals. Dong Zhuo (董卓; Pinyin: DÇ’ng Zhuō) (139 – 192) was a warlord during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms Period in ancient China. ... Xuchang (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a prefecture-level city in central Henan province, Peoples Republic of China. ...   (Chinese: ; pinyin: Húnán) is a province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting (hence the name Hunan, meaning south of the lake). Hunan is sometimes called 湘 (pinyin: Xiāng) for short, after the Xiang River which runs through the... Emperor Wu of Han (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), (156 BC[1]–March 29, 87 BC), personal name Liu Che (劉徹), was the seventh emperor of the Han Dynasty in China, ruling from 141 BC to 87 BC. Emperor Wu is best remembered for the vast territorial expansion that occurred under...

Cao Rui was also increasing his collection of women, as his concubines and ladies in waiting numbered thousands. His palace-building projects might have been with intent to house them. In 237, he even ordered that beautiful married women all be formally seized unless their husbands were able to ransom them, and that they would be married to soldiers instead -- but that the most beautiful among them would become his concubines. Despite some officials' protestations, this decree was apparently carried out, much to the distress of his people.

Marriages, succession issues and death

When Cao Rui became emperor, it was commonly expected that his wife, Princess Yu, would be created empress, but she was not. Rather, he created a favorite concubine, Consort Mao, empress in 227. Princess Yu was exiled back to their original palace. He loved Empress Mao dearly, and a number of her relatives, including her father and brother, became honored officials (but without actual powers). Empress Mao (毛皇后, personal name unknown) (d. ... Events Ireland - Rule of High King Cormac mac Airt begins (approximate) Cao Rui becomes emperor of the American television situation comedy that was originally broadcast from 1985 until 1990. ...

Despite his collection of women, however, Cao Rui was without any son who survived infancy. He adopted two sons to be his own -- Cao Fang and Cao Xun, whom he created princes in 235. (It is usually accepted that they were sons of his cousins, although the exact parentage is not clear.) In 237, Cao Rui took the unprecedented (and unrepeated in Chinese history) action of setting his own temple name of Liezu and ordering that his temple, in the future, never to be torn down. (Based on Confucian regulations, except for the founder of the dynasty, rulers' temples would be destroyed after six generations.) He carried out these actions apparently in apprehension that he would be given an unflattering temple name (or none at all) and that his temple would eventually be destroyed, due to his lack of biological issue. Cao Fang, ch. ... Cao Xun (曹詢) was an adopted son of Cao Rui (Emperor Ming), an emperor of Cao Wei. ... Events Maximinus Thrax becomes Roman Emperor. ... Events Patriarch Eugenius I succeeds Patriarch Castinus as Patriarch of Constantinople Saint Babylas becomes Patriarch of Antioch Ardashir I of Persia renews his attacks on the Roman province of Mesopotamia. ... Confucianism (儒家 Pinyin: rújiā The School of the Scholars), sometimes translated as the School of Literati, is an East Asian ethical, religious and philosophical system originally developed from the teachings of Confucius. ...

By 237, Cao Rui's favorite was no longer Empress Mao, but Consort Guo. Once, when Cao Rui was attending a feast hosted by Consort Guo, Consort Guo requested that Empress Mao be invited to join as well, but Cao Rui refused and further ordered that no news about the feast is to be given to Empess Mao. However, the news leaked, and Empress Mao talked about the feast with him anyway. He became exceedingly angry, and killed a number of his attendants whom he suspected of leaking the news to Empress Mao, and, inexplicably, ordered Empress Mao to commit suicide, even though she was still buried with honors due an empress, and her family remained honored. Empress Guo (郭皇后, personal name unknown) (d. ...

In 238, Cao Rui grew ill. He created Consort Guo empress in preparation of allowing her to become empress dowager after his death. He initially wanted to entrust his adopted son, Cao Fang the Prince of Qi, to his uncle Cao Yu (曹宇), to serve as the lead regent, along with Xiahou Xian (夏侯獻), Cao Shuang, Cao Zhao (曹肇), and Qin Lang (秦朗). However, his trusted officials Liu Fang (劉放) and Sun Zi (孫資) were unfriendly with Xiahou and Cao Zhao and were apprehensive about their becoming regents, and managed to persuade him to make Cao Shuang (with whom they were friendly) and Sima Yi regents instead. Cao Yu, Cao Zhao, and Qin were excluded from the regency. In spring of 239, Cao Rui created the seven-year-old Cao Fang crown prince, and died the same day of that creation. Cao Fang succeeded him as emperor. Events Carpians invade Moesia, Maximinus Thrax campaigns against them. ... Cao Shuang (曹爽) is the son of Cao Zhen. ... Events In the Chinese Kingdom of Wei, Wei Qi Wang succeeds Wei Ming Di Births Deaths Cao Rui (Wei Ming Di), emperor of the Kingdom of Wei Categories: 239 ...

Era names

• Taihe (太和 tài hé) 227-233
• Qinglong (青龍 qīng lóng) 233-237
• Jingchu (景初 jĭng chū) 237-239

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Personal information

• Father
  • Cao Pi (Emperor Wen of Cao Wei)
• Mother
  • Lady Zhen Luo
• Wives
  • Princess Yu of Pingyuan
  • Empress Mao (created 227, d. 237)
  • Empress Guo (created 239, d. 264)
• Biological children
  • Cao Jiong (曹冏), Prince of Qinghe (created and d. 226)
  • Cao Mu (曹穆), Prince of Fanyang (created 228, d. 230)
  • Cao Yin (曹殷) (b. 231, d. 232), posthumously created Prince Ai of Anping
  • Cao Shu (曹淑), the Princess Pingyuan (d. and posthumously created 232)
• Adopted children
  • Cao Fang (曹芳), initially the Prince of Qi (created 235), later crown prince (created 239), later emperor
  • Cao Xun (曹詢), the Prince of Qin (b. 230?, created 235, d. 244)

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