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Cao Fang 曹芳
Emperor of Cao Wei
Reign
22 January 239 – 17 October 254
Predecessor
Cao Rui
Successor
Cao Mao
Regent
Cao Shuang Sima Yi Sima Shi
Crown Prince of Cao Wei
Tenure
22 January 239[1]
Predecessor
Cao Rui
Prince of Qi (齊王) (1st Tenure)
Tenure
23 September 235 – 22 January 239
Prince of Qi (齊王) (2nd Tenure)
Tenure
17 October 254 – February 266
Successor
Sima You
Duke of Shaoling (邵陵公)
Tenure
4 February 266 – 274
Born
232
Died
274
Consorts
Empress Huai Empress Zhang Empress Wang
Names
Family name: Cao (曹) Given name: Fang (芳) Courtesy name: Lanqing (蘭卿)
Era dates
Zhengshi (正始): 240–249
Jiaping (嘉平): 249–254
Posthumous name
Duke Li of Shaoling (邵陵厲公)
House
House of Cao
Father
Cao Kai, Prince of Rencheng
Cao Fang
Chinese
曹芳
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Cáo Fāng
Wade–Giles
Ts'ao2 Fang1
In this Chinese name, the family name is Cao.
Cao Fang (pronunciationⓘ) (232–274[2]), courtesy name Lanqing, was the third emperor of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. He was an adopted son of Cao Rui, the second ruler of Wei. Cao Fang ruled from January 239 to October 254 as a nominal emperor before he was deposed by the regent Sima Shi, after which he became known as the "Prince of Qi". After the fall of Wei in February 266, Cao Fang was conferred the title of "Duke of Shaoling" by Emperor Wu of the Jin dynasty. When he died in 274, he was granted the posthumous name "Li", so his full posthumous title became "Duke Li of Shaoling".[3]
^According to the Sanguozhi, Cao Fang was made crown prince on the same day as his coronation as emperor after Cao Rui's death.
^According to the Wei Shi Pu, Cao Fang was 43 (by East Asian reckoning) when he died in the 10th year of the Taishi era during the reign of Emperor Wu of Jin. By calculation, his birth year should be 232. (年四十三，泰始十年薨) Wei Shi Pu annotation in Sanguozhi, vol. 04. The year corresponds to 25 Jan 274 to 12 Feb 275 in the Julian calendar.
^(晋受禅，封齐王为邵陵县公...泰始十年薨，謚曰厲公) Wei Shi Pu annotation in Sanguozhi, vol. 04.
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