* Future Emperor of Cao Wei, Cao Fang, is instated as the Prince of Qi.

* Empress Zhen, wife of Cao Fang

* Cao Fang, emperor of the Kingdom of Wei ( approximate date ) ( d. 274 )

* Cao Fang, Emperor of the Kingdom of Wei ( d. 274 )

* Cao Fang, Emperor of the Kingdom of Wei ( b. 231 )

* Cao Fang, Emperor of the Kingdom of Wei ( d. 274 )

This tricked the Wei general Cao Xiu, who led a large army south to support Zhou Fang.

He was succeeded by his son Cao Rui, who died in 239, and was in turn succeeded by Cao Fang.

Sima Shi deposed Cao Fang in 254 and replaced him with Cao Mao.

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.

In the Battle of Shiting, Zhou Fang, a provincial official feigned defection to Wei, luring a large Wei army commanded by Cao Xiu deep into Wu territory.

# Redirect Cao Fang

Cao Fang ( 232 – 274 ), formally known as Duke Li of Shaoling, was the third emperor of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history.

After the Cao Wei state ended in 265, Cao Fang was granted the title of " Duke of Shaoling County ( 邵陵縣公 ) by Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty.

Cao Fang was a son of Cao Kai ( 曹楷 ), the Prince of Rencheng, who was a son of Cao Zhang.

Around 239, when Cao Rui became ill, he resolved to pass the throne to Cao Fang.

The Tianshi school was officially recognized by ruler Cao Cao in 215, legitimizing Cao Cao's rise to power in return.

It began when the ruler of Wei, Cao Cao, was defeated by Liu Bei and Sun Quan at the Battle of Red Cliffs.

By traditional Chinese historiography, no Three Kingdoms era officially existed, since in a legal sense the Mandate of Heaven was passed legitimately from the Han Emperor Xian to Cao Wei, and then on to the Jìn Dynasty.

Cao Cao, directly to Yuan Shao's south, was engaged in a struggle against Yuan Shu and Liu Biao, who occupied respectively the Huai River basin and middle Yangtze regions.

By 196, when he was received by Cao Cao, most of the smaller contenders for power had either been absorbed by larger ones or destroyed.

This was an extremely important move for Cao Cao following the suggestion from his primary advisor, Xun Yu, commenting that by supporting the authentic emperor, Cao Cao would have the formal legal authority to control the other warlords and force them to comply in order to restore the Han Dynasty.

Cao Cao, whose zone of control was the precursor to the state of Cao Wei, had raised an army in the winter of 189.

In 197, Yuan Shu, who was at odds with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Liu Bei, felt assured of victory with his subordinate's conquests, and thus declared himself emperor of the Cheng Dynasty.

Lü Bu's men deserted him, Yuan Shu's forces never arrived as reinforcements, and he was bound by his own subordinates Song Xian and Wei Xu and executed on Cao Cao's order.

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.

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

After Cao's defeat at the naval Battle of Red Cliffs in 208 CE, China was divided into three spheres of influence, with Cao Cao dominating the north, Sun Quan ( 182 – 252 CE ) dominating the south, and Liu Bei ( 161 – 223 CE ) dominating the west.

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

Since he was the son of Cao Cao, he was often forced to kill and go to battle.

* Lady Zhen ( forced to commit suicide by Cao Pi ) ( b. 183 )

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 Cao Cao's death in 220, Cao Pi forced Emperor Xian to yield the throne to him, ending the Han Dynasty and establishing the state of Cao Wei.

After Cao Pi's death in 226, for example, Sun Quan launched an attack on Wei's Jiangxia Commandery ( in present-day Xiaogan, Hubei ) but was forced to withdraw as soon as Wei reinforcements arrived.

Cao Cao is defeated at the Battle of Red Cliffs by the allied forces of Sun Quan and Liu Bei and he is forced to retreat north.

After the Battle of Guandu, Liu Bei was defeated at the Battle of Runan by Cao Cao and forced to flee south.

After Cao Cao's death in 220, his successor Cao Pi forced Emperor Xian of Han to abdicate and subsequently assumed the throne as the first emperor of the state of Cao Wei.

In 220, Cao Pi forced Emperor Xian, last ruler of the Han Dynasty, to abdicate and proclaimed himself Emperor of Wei.

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

** Empress Zhen Wenzhao, bore Cao Rui and Princess Dongxiang, forced to commit suicide in 221

In 220, Cao Pi forced Emperor Xian to abdicate in his favour, effectively ending the Han Dynasty and starting the state of Cao Wei.

Cao Cao was forced to retreat to Chang ' an two months later, giving up the strategic Hanzhong.

Months later, Cao Pi forced Emperor Xian to abdicate and declared himself emperor of Cao Wei.