Everything about Cao Wei totally explained
Cao Wei was one of the empires that competed for control of
China during the
Three Kingdoms period. It was established by
Cao Pi in
220, based upon the foundations that his father
Cao Cao laid. Its name came from
213, when Cao Cao's feudal holdings were given the name Wei; historians often add the prefix Cao (from Cao Cao's family name) to distinguish it from the other states in Chinese history also known as Wei, such as the earlier
State of Wei during the
Warring States Period, and the later
Northern Wei state. In
220, when Cao Pi deposed the last emperor of the
Eastern Han Dynasty, Wei became the name of the new dynasty he founded, which was seized and controlled by the
Sima family in
249, until it was officially overthrown and became the
Jin Dynasty in
265.
History
During the decline of the
Han Dynasty, the northern part of China was under the control of Cao Cao, the
Imperial Chancellor to the last Han emperor (see
Unification of northern China). In
213, he was titled the "
Duke of Wei" and was given ten cities as his domain. This area was named "Wei". At that time, the southern part of China was already divided into two areas controlled by two warlords (later
Shu Han and
Eastern Wu). In
216, Cao Cao was promoted to "
King of Wei".
In
March 15 of
220, Cao Cao died and his son Cao Pi succeeded to the title "King of Wei" and the position as Imperial Chancellor. Later that year in
December 11, 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 own last Imperial Chancellor,
Sima Yan, grandson of
Sima Yi, who then founded the
Jin Dynasty.
Important figures
Sovereigns of Cao Wei
Cao Wèi or Kingdom of Wèi 220-265 AD>
| Posthumous Names |
family (in bold) name and first names |
Year(s) of Reigns |
Era Names and their range of years |
| Chinese Convention: family and first names, and less commonly "Wèi" + posthumous name + "di" |
| Emperor Wen of Wei, ch. 文, py. wén |
Cao Pi, ch. 曹丕, py. cáo pī |
220-226 |
Huangchu (黃初 huang2 chu1) 220-226 |
| Emperor Ming of Wei, ch. 明 py. míng |
Cao Rui, ch. 曹叡, py. cáo rùi |
226-239 |
Taihe (太和 tài hé) 227-233
Qinglong (青龍 qīng lóng) 233-237
Jingchu (景初 jĭng chū) 237-239
|
| Shao (少 py. shao4) or King of Qi of Wei, ch. 齊王, py. qí wáng |
Cao Fang, ch. 曹芳, py. cáo fāng |
239-254 |
Zhengshi (正始 zhèng shĭ) 240-249
Jiaping (嘉平 jīa píng) 249-254
|
| Gaoguixiang Gong of Wei, ch. 高貴鄉公, py. gāo gùi xīang gōng |
Cao Mao, ch. 曹髦, py. cáo máo |
254-260 |
Zhengyuan (正元 zhèng yúan) 254-256
Ganlu (甘露 gān lù) 256-260
|
| Emperor Yuan of Wei, ch. 元, py. yúan |
Cao Huan, ch. 曹奐, py. cáo hùan |
260-265 |
Jingyuan (景元 jĭng yúan) 260-264
Xianxi (咸熙 xían xī) 264-265
|
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