Born
208
Died
255
Ancestral home
Wen County, Henei (Wen County, Henan)
Book mentions
90
Roles:
general politician regent
Factions:
Cao Wei (primary)
Appears in 9 chapters:
  • Chapter 94 — Zhuge Liang Defeats The Qiangs In A Snowstorm; Sima Yi Captures Meng Da By A Rapid March.
    Sima Shi; Sima Yi's elder son; named here in the staff.
  • Chapter 102 — Sima Yi Occupies The Banks Of River Wei; Zhuge Liang Constructs Mechanical Bullocks And Horses.
    Sima Shi; with Sima Yi on the front; rising. The elder son who will eventually inherit command.
  • Chapter 103 — In Gourd Valley, Sima Yi Is Trapped; In Wuzhang Hills, Zhuge Liang Invokes The Stars.
    Sima Shi; with his father; nearly killed in the Shangfang trap.
  • Chapter 106 — Suffering Defeat, Gongsun Yuan Meets His Death; Pretending Illness, Sima Yi Deceives Cao Shuang.
    Sima Shi; with his father in the coup; takes command of the palace troops.
  • Chapter 107 — The Ruler of Wei Hands Over The Power To Sima Yi; Jiang Wei Is Defeated At Ox Head Hills.
    Sima Shi; succeeds his father as Grand Marshal of Wei. Will depose Cao Fang and govern Wei in his own right.
  • Chapter 108 — In The Snow, Ding Feng Wins A Victory; At A Banquet, Sun Jun Executes A Secret Plan.
    Sima Shi; in the Wei capital.
  • Chapter 109 — A Ruse Of A Han General: Sima Zhao Is Surrounded; Retribution For The House Of Wei: Cao Fang Is Dethroned.
    Sima Shi; the chapter's centerpiece. Deposes Cao Fang for an alleged plot with Li Feng, Xiahou Xuan, and Empress Zhang's father Zhang Ji (Wei dynasty); executes them all; installs Cao Mao as the new emperor.
  • Chapter 110 — Riding Alone, Wen Yang Repulses A Brave Force; Following The River, Jiang Wei Defeats The Enemy.
    Sima Shi; suppresses the Guanqiu Jian rebellion in person. The exertion bursts his eye-tumor (he had been recovering from eye surgery); dies of the wound on the campaign. End of the elder Sima brother's command; Sima Zhao inherits.
  • Chapter 119 — The False Surrender: A Wit Scheme Becomes A Vain Plan; The Abdication: Later Seeds Learn From The Ancient.
    Sima Shi; named in passing - long dead.