Cao family

The Caos were a widely ramified clan, the most famous representative of which is the Chinese warlord Cao Cao .

history

The progenitor of the family was Cao Can . His later descendant Cao Cao established the Kingdom of Wei in the Chinese central plain. After his death, his son Cao Pi deposed the last Han emperor and declared himself emperor. But even under his son and successor Cao Rui , the power of the Cao family began to wane, while the influence of the Sima family at court increased more and more. The general Sima Yi in particular had considerable ambitions, and he swung himself up to regent the underage Wei Emperor Cao Fang . In 265 his grandson Sima Yan overthrew the last Wei emperor, Cao Huan , and established the Jin dynasty . This ended the rule of the Cao family.

In addition to the military and political successes of the Cao family, they also had literary talent: Cao Cao and his sons Cao Pi and Cao Zhi are remarkable poets.

Tribe list

• Wei Dynasty emperors who descended from the Cao family are marked in bold .

Family table of the Wei dynasty

• Cao Jie
  • Cao Teng
    • Cao Song ( adopted )
      • Cao De
      • Cao Cao
        • Cao Ang
          • Cao Wan (曹 琬) ( adopted; actually son of Cao Jun (曹 均))
            • Cao Lian (曹 廉)
        • Cao Pi
          • Cao Rui
            • Cao Jiong
            • Cao Mu
            • Cao Yin
            • Cao Shu
            • Cao Fang ( adopted )
            • Cao Xun ( adopted )
          • Cao Xie
            • Cao Xun
          • Cao Rui
            • Cao Zan
          • Cao Jian
          • Cao Lin
            • Cao Mao
            • Cao Qi
          • Cao Li
          • Cao Yong
          • Cao Gong
          • Cao Yan
          • Princess Dongxiang
        • Cao Zhang
          • Cao Kai
            • Cao Fang
        • Cao Zhi
          • Cao Zhi
        • Cao Xiong
          • Cao Bing
        • Cao Shuo
          • Cao Qian
          • Cao Yan
            • Cao Song
        • Cao Chong
          • Cao Cong ( adopted )
        • Cao Ju
          • Cao Cong
          • Cao fan
            • Cao Chan
        • Cao Yu
          • Cao Huan
        • Cao Jun
          • Cao Ao
        • Cao Gun
          • Cao Fu
        • Cao Xuan
          • Cao Zan
          • Cao Xi
            • Cao Heng
        • Cao Lin
          • Cao Wei
          • Cao Zan
          • Cao Yi
            • Cao Heng
        • Cao Ju
        • Cao Gan
        • Cao Shang
        • Cao Biao
          • Cao Jia
        • Cao Qin
        • Cao Cen
          • Cao Chong
        • Cao Zheng
          • Cao fan
            • Cao Chan
        • Cao Jing
        • Cao Jun
          • Cao Kang
            • Cao Chen
          • Cao Wan (1)
            • Cao Lian (2)
          • Cao Qian
          • Cao Min
            • Cao Kun
            • Cao Zan
        • Cao Jing
        • Cao Hui
          • Cao Weng
            • Cao Kun
        • Cao Mao
          • Cao Song
        • Cao Xian ( concubine of Han Xiandi )
        • Cao Jie ( married Han Xiandi )
        • Cao Hua ( concubine of Han Xiandi )
        • Cao Qinghe ( married Xiahou Mao )
      • Qin Shao
        • Cao Zhen
          • Cao Shuang
          • Cao Xi
            • Cao Xun ( appears only in the history of the Three Kingdoms on )
            • Cao Yan ( only appears in the Three Kingdoms story )
          • Cao Xun
            • Cao Ze
            • Cao Yan
            • Cao Ai
        • Cao Zun
        • Cao Bin
  • Cao Bao
    • Cao Chi
      • Cao Ren
        • Cao Tai
          • Cao Chu
        • Cao Kai
          • Cao Fang
          • Cao Xun
        • Cao fan
        • Cao Jie
        • one daughter ( married Sun Kuang )
      • Cao Chun
        • Cao Yan
          • Cao Liang
    • Cao Ting
      • Cao Hong
        • Cao Fu
        • Cao Zhen
    • Cao Yu

• Cao?
  • Cao?
    • Cao?
      • Cao?
        • Cao Xiu
          • Cao Zhao
            • Cao Xing
              • Cao Ju
          • Cao Zuan

• Cao?
  • Cao?
    • Cao?
      • Cao?
        • Cao Anmin