Cao Pi

Where they went

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   AD 220Fall of the Han and Founding of Weileader

   Cao Cao’s son Cao Pi received the throne from Emperor Xian and founded Wei. The Han dynasty, which had lasted over four centuries, came to an end and the Three Kingdoms period began.

People who appear alongside

• Emperor Xian of HanAD 181 – AD 234

  Last emperor of the Eastern Han, controlled by Dong Zhuo and then Cao Cao, who abdicated to Cao Pi in 220

• Cao CaoAD 155 – AD 220

  Chancellor and King of Wei in the late Han, who controlled Emperor Xian, defeated Yuan Shao at Guandu and unified the north, laying the foundation of Wei

Themes this person appears in

• Ancient China and India770 BC – AD 220

  From the Hundred Schools of the Warring States to the unified empires of Qin and Han, and from the Buddha to the Maurya and Kushan empires — the millennium that shaped East and South Asian civilisation

• The Three KingdomsAD 184 – AD 280

  From the Yellow Turban Rebellion to the Jin reunification — a century of Wei, Shu and Wu, the age of Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan