Cao Wei: Emperors: 220-266 Each ruler is recorded under the following protocol: temple name (miàohào | 廟號) || personal name (míng | 名), considered tabooed (huì | 諱) upon accession; courtesy name (zì | 字); posthumous name (shì | 諡). The years of bestowal or change are given in brackets. Ruling House: Cáo (曹) Huángdì (皇帝) 10 (or 11) Dec 220 - 29 Jun 226 Gāozǔ (高祖) || Cáo Pī (曹丕) [1] courtesy name: Zǐhuán (子桓) posthumous name: Wén huángdì (文皇帝) 29 Jun 226 - 22 Jan 239 Lièzǔ (烈祖) [239] || Cáo Ruì (曹叡) [2] courtesy name: Yuánzhòng (元仲) posthumous name: Míng huángdì (文皇帝) [239] 22 Jan 239 - 17 Oct 254 no temple name bestowed || Cáo Fāng (曹芳) [3] courtesy name: Lánqīng (蘭卿) posthumous name: Lì gōng (厲公) [274] 2 Nov 254 - 2 Jun 260 no temple name bestowed || Cáo Máo (曹髦) courtesy name: Yànshì (彥士) 27 Jun 260 - 4 Feb 266 no temple name bestowed || Cáo Huàn (曹奐) [4] courtesy name: Jǐngmíng (景明) posthumous name: Yuán huángdì (元皇帝) [302] [1] According to Records of the Three States, ch. 2, the ceremony of accession of Cáo Pī took place on 10 Dec 220. Annotations to Records of the Three States, citing a work known as Biography of the Xian Emperor (Xiàn dì zhuàn | 獻帝傳) dates the ceremony to 11 Dec 220. The same date is cited in Zīzhì Tòngjiàn, ch. 69. [2] The posthumous name, Lièzǔ, was pre-selected in 237 during the emperor's lifetime and was formally bestowed after his death in 239. [3] Deposed and demoted to prince: Qí wáng (齊王) [title held before accession]; demoted to duke: Shàolíng xiàngōng (邵陵縣公) [conferred by the ruler of Jin, 266]. [4] Abdicated and was demoted to prince: Chénliú wáng (陳留王) [conferred by the ruler of Jin, 266]. Last updated on: 08 Jul 2022 08:39:31
