Event

Incident at the Gaoping Tombs

249 · 3rd century

The incident at the Gaoping Tombs was the coup of 249 in which Sima Yi seized control of the Cao Wei state. While the regent Cao Shuang escorted the young emperor Cao Fang to the imperial tombs at Gaoping outside Luoyang, Sima Yi took the capital. Cao Shuang surrendered and was executed with his allies, and the Sima family ruled Wei until founding the Jin dynasty in 266.

Incident at the Gaoping Tombs
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