rotk.net - Cao Pi

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Born: 187
Died: 226
Ancestral home: Qiao County, Pei (Bozhou, Anhui)
Book mentions: 114

Roles:

emperor

Factions:

Cao Wei (primary)

Relationships:

Cao Xiong Brother

Cao Zhang Brother

Cao Zhi Brother

Cao Cao Father

Cao Jie Half-Sister

Princess Qinghe Half-Sister

Lady Bian Mother

Lady Zhen Wife

Appears in 18 chapters:

Chapter 32 — Jizhou Taken: Yuan Shang Strives; River Zhang Cut: Xun You Schemes.
Eighteen, born under a day-long purple halo, a skilled swordsman and writer since age eight: when Yejun falls he brushes aside the guards at the Yuan family door, strides in sword in hand, and finds two women weeping in each other's arms - the chapter ends with the blade raised over them.
Chapter 33 — A Gallant Warrior, Cao Pi Marries Lady Zhen; An Expiring Star, Guo Jia Settles Liaodong.
Cao Pi; takes Lady Zhen as wife when Yejun falls. The chapter's romance set piece.
Chapter 34 — Behind The Screen, Lady Cai Overhears A Secret; Across The Tan Torrent, The Dilu Horse Carries Its Master.
Cao Pi; helps supervise the Bronze Bird Tower at Yejun.
Chapter 68 — Gan Ning's Hundred Horsemen Raid The Northern Camp; Zuo Ci's Flung-Down Cup Fools Cao Cao.
Cao Pi; at Cao Cao's court.
Chapter 72 — Zhuge Liang's Wit Takes Hanzhong; Cao Cao's Army Retires To The Ye Valley.
Cao Pi; remains at the Wei court; named here as Cao Cao's elder son.
Chapter 78 — Treating A Headache, A Famous Physician Dies; Giving The Last Words, The Crafty Hero Departs.
Cao Pi; receives Cao Cao's dying instructions; succeeds him as King of Wei. Will depose the Han emperor before the end of the next chapter.
Chapter 79 — Brother Oppressing Brother: Cao Zhi Composes Poems; Nephew Harming Uncle: Liu Feng Receives Punishment.
Cao Pi; consolidates power. Tests Cao Zhi with the famous seven-pace-poem ordeal - Cao Zhi must compose a poem in seven paces or die. He produces 'beans burnt under the bean-stalk fire' as a parable of brotherly war; Cao Pi spares him but demotes him. Then executes Ding Yi for backing Cao Zhi. Also receives Meng Da's defection from Shu.
Chapter 80 — Cao Pi Deposes The Emperor, Taking Away The Fortunes of Han; Liu Bei Assumes The Throne, Continuing The Heritage.
Cao Pi; deposes Emperor Xian and founds the Wei dynasty. Three rounds of orchestrated 'tianming' theatre - Hua Xin and the court force Emperor Xian to abdicate; Cao Pi 'reluctantly' accepts after the third demand. The Han dynasty formally ends. Cao Pi becomes Emperor Wen of Wei; era name Huangchu year 1 (220 CE in real history).
Chapter 81 — Eager For Vengeance, Zhang Fei Is Assassinated; Athirst Of Retribution, The First Ruler Goes To War.
Cao Pi; new Emperor of Wei; receives reports of Shu mobilising against Wu - moves to take advantage.
Chapter 82 — Sun Quan Submits To Wei, Receiving The Nine Dignities; The First Ruler Attacks Wu, Rewarding Six Armies.
Cao Pi; receives Sun Quan's submission; confers the King of Wu title; Liu Ye argues for striking the moment Sun Quan is committed against Shu - Cao Pi prefers to watch.
Chapter 84 — Lu Xun Burns All Consecutive Camps; Zhuge Liang Plans The Eight-Array Maze.
Cao Pi; receives Huang Quan and the news that Liu Bei has been crushed; orders three armies south against Wu while Sun Quan is exhausted.
Chapter 85 — The First Ruler Confides His Son To A Guardian; The Prime Minister Calmly Settles Five Attacks.
Cao Pi; on learning Liu Bei has died, mobilises five armies against Shu - Sima Yi's plan. The Five-Route invasion: Cao Zhen against Yangping Pass; Meng Da from Shangyong; Sun Quan from Donghu Pass; the Qiang king from the west; Meng Huo from the south.
Chapter 86 — Using Words, Qin Mi Overcomes Zhang Wen; Setting Fire, Xu Sheng Defeats Cao Pi.
Cao Pi; furious at Sun Quan's defection back to Shu; mounts a great river invasion in person - embarks on warship-mounted dragon-boats at Guangling on the Yangtze opposite Wu's defences. Repulsed disastrously: Xu Sheng burns floating-rafts across the river that look like a wall of fire; Cao Pi's fleet panics.
Chapter 87 — Conquering The South Mang, The Prime Minister Marches The Army; Opposing Heaven Troops, The King Of The Mangs Is Captured.
Cao Pi; off-stage in the north.
Chapter 91 — Sacrificing At River Lu, The Prime Minister Marches Homeward; Attacking Wei, The Lord Of Wuxiang Presents A Memorial.
Cao Pi dies. Aged 40. Hands the throne to his son Cao Rui with Cao Zhen, Chen Qun, Sima Yi, and Cao Xiu as regents. End of the chapter's Wei half.
Chapter 94 — Zhuge Liang Defeats The Qiangs In A Snowstorm; Sima Yi Captures Meng Da By A Rapid March.
Cao Pi; named in passing - already dead.
Chapter 106 — Suffering Defeat, Gongsun Yuan Meets His Death; Pretending Illness, Sima Yi Deceives Cao Shuang.
Cao Pi; named in passing.
Chapter 119 — The False Surrender: A Wit Scheme Becomes A Vain Plan; The Abdication: Later Seeds Learn From The Ancient.
Cao Pi; named in passing.