Around 180, Cao Cao returned to court as a Consultant ( 議郎 ) and presented two memoranda against the eunuchs ' influence in court and government corruption during his tenure, to limited effect.

After Zhang Lu surrendered to Cao Cao, Cao Cao presented Lady Dong to Yan Pu, and Ma Qiu to Zhang Lu.

Cao Cao presented him to Zhang Lu after Zhang surrendered.

He presented a plan to leave Ling Tong behind to defend against the main forces of Cao Ren while the forces of Lü Meng, Zhou Yu, and Cheng Pu went to rescue Gan Ning, predicting accurately that Ling Tong will surely hold out until the three return.

Cao Cao has come down south and presented himself as an opportunity for you, my lord.

In some accounts, Lü Bu was betrayed by his subordinates, who tied him up while he was asleep, and presented him to Cao Cao.

Tsunoda 1951: 15 ) records Emperor Cao Rui presented to Queen Himiko, while other scholars oppose it ( Walter Edwards ( 1998, 1999 )).

In one folk tale, Diaochan was captured by Cao Cao after the Battle of Xiapi and he presented her to Guan Yu, hoping to win Guan's loyalty towards him.

After Lü Bu was executed by Cao Cao in Xiapi, Cao Cao presented this horse to Guan Yu as a gift, as Guan Yu had managed to tame it after all other officers had failed.

She had converted from her family's Cao Dai religion to Christianity four years earlier.

Empress Dowager Bian got to the scene on her bare feet and tried to search for water to flush down the poison that was now in Cao Zhang's body.

Cao therefore refused to summon Lady Zhen to Luoyang after he ascended the throne but instead ordered her to remain at Yecheng, which caused Lady Zhen to be resentful.

When words of her resentment reached Cao, he became angry and forced her to commit suicide.

When Empress Bian, their common birth mother, heard of this, she went to Cao Pi and pleaded for the life of her younger son.

Cao E, in an act of filial piety, decided to find her father in the river, searching for three days trying to find him.

Eight years later, in 151 CE, a temple was built in Shangyu dedicated to the memory of Cao E and her sacrifice for filial piety.

Early Chinese dynastic histories chronicle tributary relations between Queen Himiko and the Cao Wei Kingdom ( 220-265 ), and record that the Yayoi period people chose her as ruler following decades of warfare among the kings of Wa.

The 3rd-century Chinese Wei Zhi (" Records of Wei ") provides details about shaman Queen Himiko and her communications with Emperors Cao Rui and Cao Fang.

** Princess Yangxin the Eldest ( 陽信長公主 ), firstly married Cao Shi the Marquess of Pingyang and had a son, Cao Xiang, who succeeded his father ; married secondly the general and Marquess of Changping Wei Qing ; due to her first marriage to the Marquess of Pingyang, she was commonly referred to as Princess Pingyang ( 平陽公主 )

Dong Cheng's daughter, an imperial consort, was pregnant, and Emperor Xian personally tried to intercede for her, but Cao Cao had her executed anyway.

Emperor Xian's Empress Fu Shou, angry and fearful about how Consort Dong died, wrote her father, Fu Wan ( 伏完 ), a letter accusing Cao Cao of cruelty, and implicitly asking her father to start a new conspiracy against Cao.

* 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.

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

However, Cao Cao received word that Lü Bu had seized Yan Province in his absence, and accordingly he retreated, putting a halt to hostilities with Tao Qian for the time being.

A year later, in 195, Cao Cao managed to drive Lü Bu out of Yan Province.

Xian was persuaded by Cao Cao ( 155 – 220 CE ), then Governor of Yan Province in modern western Shandong and eastern Henan, to move the capital to Xuchang in 196 CE.

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

In 265, Sima Yan forced emperor Cao Huan of Wei to abdicate the throne to him, ending Wei and starting Jin ( as Emperor Wu ).

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.

Using a diversionary tactic, Cao Cao moved his main force westward towards Yan Ford along the river.

Also in Chapter 25, during the battle between the forces of Cao Cao and the warlord Yuan Shao on the banks of the Yellow River, Cao's generals were defeated by Yuan's general Yan Liang.

Cao Cao wanted to send Guan Yu to challenge Yan Liang but he hesitated because he did not want Guan to make any contributions.

Eventually, Cao Cao did send Guan Yu to fight Yan Liang and Guan emerged victorious, slaying Yan and returning with his opponent's head.

Xiahou Dun had been a close aide to Cao Cao during the initial battles against Dong Zhuo as well as the Battle of Yan Province ( 兗州 ; covering present-day western Shandong ), and was made a deputy commander.

* Cao J., Zhao Y., Liu J. W., ( 1998 ), " Safety evaluation and fluorine concentration of Pu ' er brick tea and Bianxiao brick tea " Food Chem Toxicol 36 ( 12 ): 1061-1063

An attempt by Zhu Zhen to seize Yunzhou itself is repulsed with loss however, and later both Cao and Pu prefectures had to be abandoned.

* 226 – Cao Pi dies after an illness ; his son Cao Rui succeeds him as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei.

* 1965 – Civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam Phan Huy Quat resigned after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyen Cao Ky.

* August 7 – The Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor ; after setting fire to the eastern and western gates of the Imperial City ( Beijing ) ( which are doused by pouring rains during the day-long uprising ), Cao Qin finds himself hemmed in on all sides by imperial forces, loses three of his own brothers in the fight, and instead of facing execution he flees to his home in the city and commits suicide by jumping down a well located within his walled compound.

The Quẻ Ly of Vietnamese myth, similarly sometimes mistranslated " unicorn " is a symbol of wealth and prosperity that made its first appearance during the Duong Dynasty, about 600 CE, to Emperor Duong Cao To, after a military victory which resulted in his conquest of Tây Nguyên.

However, many Chinese historians extend the starting point of this period back to various years during the collapse of the Han dynasty, such as to the Yellow Turban Rebellion in 184 ; the year after the beginning of the rebellion, 185 ; Dong Zhuo deposing and murdering Emperor Shao of Han and establishing Emperor Xian of Han in 189 ; Dong Zhuo sacking Luoyang and moving the capital to Chang ' an in 190 ; or Cao Cao placing the emperor under his control in Xuchang in 196.

By the end of 207, after a lightning campaign against the Wuhuan barbarians, Cao Cao had achieved undisputed dominance of the North China Plain.

Yuan's power was greatly diminished after Cao defeated him at the Battle of Guandu in 200 CE.

* June 29 – Cao Pi dies after a illness, his son Cao Rui succeeds him as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei.

At first Sun Quan nominally served as a Wei vassal with the Wei-created title of King of Wu, but after Cao Pi demanded that he send his son Sun Deng as a hostage to the Wei capital Luoyang and he refused, in 222, he declared himself independent by changing his era name.

Soon after, Liu Biao died while Cao Cao was preparing a major campaign to subjugate both Liu Biao and Sun Quan under his control, precipitating a major confrontation.

Immediately, after Cao Cao withdrew, Sun Quan took over the northern half of Jing Province.

Sun Quan did not immediately submit to Wei or declare independence after Cao Pi's enthronement, but took a wait-and-see attitude ; by contrast, in early 221, Liu Bei declared himself emperor, establishing the state of Shu Han.

Cao Pi launched a major attack on Wu, but after Wei defeats in early 223, it became clear that Wu was secure.

Only after Sun Quan's food supplies ran low did Cao Rui personally arrive with reinforcements, and Sun withdrew, as did Lu Xun and Zhuge Jin.

When Hua Tuo was sentenced to death after incurring the wrath of Cao Cao, who controlled the Imperial Court, the physician tried to entrust the text to his gaoler.

Liu finds a new base in Runan after leaving Yuan but is defeated by Cao Cao's forces once again.

Cao Cao declares himself chancellor and leads his troops to attack southern China after uniting the north.