House of Cao

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The House of Cao was the ruling imperial family of the state of Cao Wei during China’s Three Kingdoms period, founded by Cao Pi after the fall of the Eastern Han dynasty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf imperial dynasty
ruling family
capital Luoyang NERFINISHED
Xuchang NERFINISHED
coreTerritory Yellow River basin NERFINISHED
countryRuled Cao Wei NERFINISHED
deposedBy Sima Yan NERFINISHED
ethnicity Han Chinese NERFINISHED
firstEmperorReignTitle Emperor Wen of Wei NERFINISHED
formalStateName Wei NERFINISHED
foundedBy Cao Pi NERFINISHED
founderFather Cao Cao NERFINISHED
founderFatherTitle King of Wei NERFINISHED
foundingEmperor Cao Pi NERFINISHED
governmentType hereditary monarchy
hasDynasticSurname Cao NERFINISHED
historicalEra Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED
historicalName Cao Wei NERFINISHED
language Classical Chinese
lastEmperor Cao Huan NERFINISHED
lastEmperorReignTitle Emperor Yuan of Wei NERFINISHED
legitimacyClaim successor of Eastern Han
militaryBaseOfPower Cao Cao’s warlord regime
namedAfter Cao family NERFINISHED
notableMember Cao Cao NERFINISHED
Cao Fang NERFINISHED
Cao Huan NERFINISHED
Cao Mao NERFINISHED
Cao Pi NERFINISHED
Cao Rui NERFINISHED
notableRivalState Eastern Wu NERFINISHED
Shu Han NERFINISHED
overthrownBy Jin dynasty NERFINISHED
politicalSystem centralized bureaucracy
predecessorState Eastern Han dynasty NERFINISHED
primaryBeliefSystem Confucianism NERFINISHED
primaryReligion Chinese folk religion
recordedIn Book of Jin NERFINISHED
Records of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED
region Northern China NERFINISHED
reignBegan 220
reignEnded 265
reignPeriod Three Kingdoms period NERFINISHED
roseFromOffice Han chancellor’s family
secondEmperor Cao Rui NERFINISHED
secondEmperorReignTitle Emperor Ming of Wei NERFINISHED
successorState Western Jin dynasty NERFINISHED
usedImperialTitle Huangdi NERFINISHED

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Cao Pi house House of Cao