* 265 – Sima Yan, the successor to his father Sima Zhao as the Cao Wei regent, forces Cao Huan to abdicated the throne and establishes the Jin Dynasty.

This claim was made by Jiao Yu in his Huolongjing Quanzhi ( Fire-drake Manual in One Complete Volume ), his preface written in 1412 AD ( although the book was originally published in the mid 14th century ), and that Zhuge had used not only " fire weapons " but land mines in the Battle of Hulugu Valley against the forces of Sima Yi and his son Sima Zhao of the Wei Kingdom.

* Sima Jun, father of Sima Fang, grandfather of Sima Yi, great grandfather of Sima Shi and Sima Zhao ( d. 197 )

* Empress Dowager Wang Yuanji, wife of Sima Zhao ( d. 268 )

* Sima Shi, son of Sima Yi, older brother of Sima Zhao and general of Wei ( b. 208 )

* Zhang Chunhua, wife of Sima Yi, mother of Sima Shi and Sima Zhao ( b. 189 )

The Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Tan ( d. 110 BCE ) and his son Sima Qian ( 145 – 86 BCE ) established the standard model for all of imperial China's Standard Histories, such as the Book of Han written by Ban Biao ( 3 – 54 CE ), his son Ban Gu ( 32 – 92 CE ), and his daughter Ban Zhao ( 45 – 116 CE ).

* Cao Mao, ruler of the Chinese Kingdom of Wei ( killed in an abortive coup d ' état against Sima Zhao ) ( b. 241 )

* Jiang Wei tries to restore the Kingdom of Shu by persuading Zhong Hui to declare a rebellion against Sima Zhao, ruler of Cao Wei.

* Empress Dowager Wang Yuanji, wife of Sima Zhao ( b. 217 )

* Sima Zhao, son of Sima Yi, younger brother of Sima Shi and general of Wei ( b. 211 )

As a senior imperial official, Sima was also in the position to offer counsel to the emperor on general affairs of state.

Before Sima, histories were written as certain events or certain periods of history of states ; his idea of a general history affected later historiographers like Zheng Qiao ( 鄭樵 ) in writing Tongshi ( 通史 ) and Sima Guang ( 司馬光 ) in writing Zizhi Tongjian ( 資治通鑑 ).

* Sima Wang, general of the Jin Dynasty ( b. 205 )

* The Cao Wei general Sima Yi destroys the outlying northeastern Chinese warlord Gongsun Yuan in his Liaodong campaign.

* Sima Yi, Chinese general, strategist and politician of Wei ( d. 251 )

* Sima Wang, general of Wei and the Jin Dynasty ( d. 271 )

* Sima Shi, general of Wei ( d. 255 )

In 238, when Gongsun Yuan was under attack by Wei's general Sima Yi, Sun Quan, despite his prior rage against Gongsun, correctly judged the situation as one where he might be able to take advantage if Sima Yi were initially unsuccessful, did not immediately refuse Gongsun's request for help.

After Liu Bei's death, as advised by Sima Yi, Cao Pi induces several forces, including Sun Quan, turncoat Shu general Meng Da, Meng Huo of the Nanman and the Qiang tribes, to attack Shu Han, in coordination with a Cao Wei army.

In 229 BC, invasions led by the Qin general Wang Jian were opposed by Li Mu and his subordinate officer Sima Shang ( 司馬尚 ) until 228 BC.

In 249, Wang Ling, the general in charge of the southeastern city of Shouchun ( present-day Shou County, Lu ' an, Anhui ), plotted a rebellion against Sima Yi, in association with Cao Biao ( 曹彪 ), the Prince of Chu.

At that time, Sima Zhao was a mid-level official in the government of Cao Wei and a member of a privileged clan, as the son of the general Sima Yi.

In 279, with the general Ma Long ( 馬隆 ) having finally put down Tufa's rebellion, Emperor Wu concentrated his efforts on Eastern Wu, and commissioned a six-pronged attack led by his uncle Sima Zhou, Wang Hun ( 王渾 ), Wang Rong, Hu Fen ( 胡奮 ), Du Yu, and Wang Jun, with the largest forces under Wang Hun and Wang Jun.

* Sima Yi, Cao Wei general and politician.

In ancient China, large canals for river transport were established as far back as the Warring States ( 481 – 221 BC ), the longest one of that period being the Hong Gou ( Canal of the Wild Geese ), which according to the ancient historian Sima Qian connected the old states of Song, Zhang, Chen, Cai, Cao, and Wei.

* 265: The Jin Dynasty is founded when the overthow of the Cao Wei Dynasty by Sima Yan.

* Sima Wei, prince during the Jin Dynasty ( d. 291 )

* Sima Yi, strategist of Wei and rival of Zhuge Liang ( b. 179 )

Two years after Wei conquered Shu in AD 263, Sima Yan, Wei's Imperial Chancellor, overthrew Wei and started the Western Jin Dynasty.

* Sima Yi takes complete control of Cao Wei by executing his political rival Cao Shuang and his clan, marking the start of Sima family rule, which eventually gave rise to the Jin Dynasty.

* Sima Wei, prince during the Jin Dynasty ( b. 271 )

* Three Kingdoms: Sima Yan forced emperor Cao Huan to abdicate the throne to him, ending the Kingdom of Wei in China.

* Sima Fang, son of Sima Juan, father of Sima Yi ( d. 219 )

* Sima Zhao, son of Sima Yi ( d. 264 )

Sima Qian stated, based on preceding Chinese records ( Bamboo Annals ), that the Xiongnu's ruling clan were descendants of Chunwei ( 淳維 " Chun tribes "), possibly a son of Jie, the final ruler of the legendary Xia Dynasty ( c. 2070 – 1600 BC ).

According to the Records of the Grand Historian, written by Sima Qian during the next dynasty and avowedly hostile to Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor was not the actual son of King Zhuangxiang of Qin.

After the fall of Shu Han in 263, Sima Zhao's son Sima Yan forces the last Wei ruler, Cao Huan, to abdicate his throne in 265, officially ending the Cao Wei dynasty.

* Records of the Grand Historian, inherited from Sima Tan 司馬談 ( father ) by Sima Qian 司馬遷 ( son )

In Taiwan, Wolong Sheng, Sima Ling, Zhuge Qingyun ( 诸葛青云 ) and later Xiao Yi ( 萧逸 ) and Gu Long became the region's most famous wuxia writers.

* Zhang Chunhua, wife of Sima Yi ( d. 247 )

* Sima Fu, younger brother of Sima Yi ( b. 182 )