Cao family

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The Cao family was a powerful warlord clan in late Eastern Han China that founded and ruled the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period.

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Surface form Occurrences
Cao clan 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese clan
noble family
warlord family
activeInPeriod Three Kingdoms period NERFINISHED
late Eastern Han dynasty
associatedWork Records of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED
Romance of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Cao Wei NERFINISHED
Eastern Han dynasty NERFINISHED
culture Chinese
dynasticHouseOf Emperors of Cao Wei NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Han Chinese
foundedState Cao Wei NERFINISHED
hasAncestor Cao Song NERFINISHED
Cao Teng NERFINISHED
historicalContext Three Kingdoms of China NERFINISHED
houseType hereditary nobility
imperial clan
language Classical Chinese NERFINISHED
notableFor establishing the state of Cao Wei
military campaigns against rival warlords
political dominance at the Han imperial court
unification of northern China during late Eastern Han
notableMember Cao Cao NERFINISHED
Cao Chun NERFINISHED
Cao Hong NERFINISHED
Cao Huan NERFINISHED
Cao Pi NERFINISHED
Cao Ren NERFINISHED
Cao Rui NERFINISHED
Cao Shuang NERFINISHED
Cao Xiu NERFINISHED
Cao Zhang NERFINISHED
Cao Zhen NERFINISHED
Cao Zhi NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment Cao Wei NERFINISHED
politicalRole imperial house of Cao Wei NERFINISHED
warlords
powerBase Xu (Xuchang) NERFINISHED
Yan Province NERFINISHED
predecessorStateInfluence Eastern Han dynasty NERFINISHED
region Henan NERFINISHED
religion Confucianism
ruledState Cao Wei NERFINISHED
succeededBy Sima family NERFINISHED

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Cao Cao house Cao family
this entity surface form: Cao clan
Cao Rui house Cao family
this entity surface form: Cao clan
Cao Wei namedAfter Cao family