Cao Wei
The Wei Dynasty (Chinese魏, Pinyin wèi, W.-G. wei; 220-265 ) was one of the Three Kingdoms, broke into China after the collapse of the Han Dynasty. To distinguish them from other dynasties and states named Wei it is also called " Cao Wei". The core of the Wei empire lay in the Chinese central level. It included the present-day provinces of Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong and Shanxi. Its capital was Luoyang, the capital of the Late Han Dynasty.
History
As the central rule of the Han dynasty was lost, captured Cao Cao northern China. He was the Chancellor of the last Han emperor Xian and 213 was the Prince of Wei (Chinese魏公, Pinyin Wei Gong ), 216 to the Prince / King of Wei (Chinese魏王, Pinyin Wei Wang ) appointed.
220 died Cao Cao. His son and heir Cao Pi initially followed him only in his duties as Prince of Wei and chancellor of the Emperor to, but in the same year he put Emperor Xian from and proclaimed himself emperor of the Wei Dynasty. The southern warlords Liu Bei and Sun Quan declined quickly against him, and proclaimed, in turn, to the emperor. Liu Bei founded the Shu Han 221 as a direct successor of the Han Dynasty, and Sun Quan founded 222, the Wu Dynasty.
While Xiahou and Cao family in the first years of the reign still played an important role, their power declined rapidly, while the influence of the Sima family, which presented the Chancellor, steadily grew. The beginning of this development was Sima Yi, the commander of the Wei army. He successfully defended from the attacks of the kingdom Wu and Shu; none of the five Northern Expeditions of Shu chancellor Zhuge Liang was successful. In 249 Sima Yi overthrew the Chancellor Cao Shuang and became regent for the emperor Cao Mao. He laid the foundation for the power of his family.
Wei conquered Shu Han in 263 Two years later, Wei - Chancellor Sima Yan told the last Wei emperor Cao Huan deposed and founded the Jin Dynasty.
- Genealogy of the Wei dynasty
Emperor of the Wei dynasty
Qinglong 233-237 Jingchu 237-239
Jiaping 249-254
Xianxi 264-265
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