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Wei
Main Page|Overview The Kingdom of Wei (220-265) was one of the Three Kingdoms competing for control of China after the fall of the Han Dynasty. The prefix "C��o" (�� the imperial clan name; wg: Ts'ao) is sometimes added (i.e., C��o W��i) to distinguish it from several other states in Chinese history also known as W��i -- W��i (Warring States period) and Northern W��i (as well as Northern W��i's successor states Western W��i and Eastern W��i). During the decline of the Han Dynasty, the northern part of China was under the control of C��o C��o (wg: Ts'ao Ts'ao), the Imperial Secretariat to the last Han emperor (see Unification of northern China). In 213, he was titled Wei Gong (Duke of W��i) and given ten cities as his domain. This area was named the "State of W��i". At that time, the southern part of China was already divided into two areas controlled by two warlords (later the Kingdom of Shu and Kingdom of Wu). In 216, Cao Cao was promoted to W��i Wang (Prince/King of W��i). In 220, Cao Cao died and his son Cao Pi succeeded to the title W��i Wang and the position as Imperial Secretarist. Later that year, Cao Pi seized the imperial throne and claimed to have founded the W��i Dynasty, but Liu Bei of Shu Han immediately contested his claim to the throne, and Sun Quan of Eastern Wu followed suit in 222. W��i conquered Shu Han in 263. Shortly afterwards, in 265, the W��i dynasty was overthrown by its last Imperial Secretariat, Sima Yan, founder of the Jin Dynasty. The capital of W��i was Luoyang. |
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