The Incident at the Gaoping Tombs was a coup d'état that took place on 5 February 249 in the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period (220–280)...

Xiahou Xuan; note that most of the officials mentioned here later died in the aftermath of the Incident at the Gaoping Tombs, while Zhuge Dan died while...

during significant events in the history of Cao Wei such as the Incident at the Gaoping Tombs and Zhong Hui's Rebellion. Xin Xianying's ancestral home was...

lost his power to Sima Yi in the Incident at the Gaoping Tombs and was executed on charges of treason. Around 239, when the Wei emperor Cao Rui became critically...

is best known for her role in events before the Incident at the Gaoping Tombs; she remained loyal to the Cao Wei and protested her family's wishes to...

Sima Yi, who overthrew him in a coup d'état (Incident at the Gaoping Tombs). Sima Yi became in control of the Wei government from February 249, eventually...

vol.01. The month corresponds to 19 Feb to 19 Mar 250 in the Julian calendar. This was about a year after the Incident at the Gaoping Tombs. (五等建，改封东安子，拜谏议大夫...

clan, as the son of the general Sima Yi. After Sima Yi seized power from the regent Cao Shuang in February 249 in the Incident at the Gaoping Tombs, Sima...

then Sima Yi after he seized power from Cao Shuang during the Incident at the Gaoping Tombs. After Sima Yi's death, Cao Fang attempted to take back state...

each of the Three Rebellions in Shouchun, the cause of the revolt was related to the Incident at the Gaoping Tombs in February 249, in which the Wei regent...

the posthumous title "Marquis Jing" (景侯). The Shiyu (世語) recorded that during the Incident at the Gaoping Tombs, Jiang Ji wrote to Cao Shuang and promised...

governor (牧) of the province of Jizhou (冀州) which are in modern time Shanxi. After the Incident at the Gaoping Tombs which resulted in the execution of Cao...

Medieval Studies, 1999 The deposition of Richard II Archived 2017-02-12 at the Wayback Machine, J.P.Sommerville, History Department, University of Wisconsin...

and reached a nadir after the Incident at the Gaoping Tombs in February 249, when the Wei general Sima Yi seized power from the regent Cao Shuang. Sima...

of the Three Kingdoms period (220–280) of Chinese history. In a strict academic sense, the Three Kingdoms period refers to the interval between the founding...

vol.01. The month corresponds to 19 Feb to 19 Mar 250 in the Julian calendar. This was about a year after the Incident at the Gaoping Tombs. (及五等建，改封开平子。)...

previously held by Sima Yi at some point in his career. However, Sima Fu did take part in the Incident at the Gaoping Tombs and was rewarded for his efforts...

reward them for their accomplishments. While the nature of the bestowments was probably established during the Zhou dynasty, there was no record of anyone...

afterwards, both Deng Yang and He Yan met their ends in the aftermath of the Incident at the Gaoping Tombs in February 249, just as Guan Lu predicted. As a result...

the Arab. Decius begins persecuting Christians, and others refusing to participate in Emperor worship. February 5 – Incident at Gaoping Tombs: In the...

the Incident at the Gaoping Tombs occurred, and Shan Tao became a hermit again. In c.262, Shan Tao's friend Ji Kang was to be executed. Before the execution...

take his remains and bury him with dignity. When, in 249, after the Gaoping Tombs Incident took place in Cao Wei, Xiahou Ba, cousin of Lady Xiahou and son...

family background; the Sima family had been the de facto rulers of Wei since February 249 (after the Incident at the Gaoping Tombs). Sima Zhou was first...

notorious for his promiscuity and affairs). In the year 249, during the tumultuous Incident at Gaoping Tombs, orchestrated by Sima Yi, Cao Shuang was executed...

when Sima Shi died. After the Incident at Gaoping Tombs, Sima Yi promoted Wang Ling, the general in charge of Shouchun, to the rank of Grand Commandant...

quickly overwhelmed by the Wu forces led by Ding Feng and Lü Ju, forcing the Wei forces to flee and retreat. After the loss at the Battle of Dongxing, Sima...

the Inspector of Yan Province (兗州刺史). Wang Ling lost faith in Cao Fang's ability to rule after Sima Yi's coup d'etat in the incident at Gaoping Tombs...

together with his family. Lists of people of the Three Kingdoms Incident at Gaoping Tombs Cao Fang's biography in the Sanguozhi recorded that Cao Shuang and...

lifestyle. In 249, Zhong Hui accompanied the Wei emperor Cao Fang on a visit to the Gaoping Tombs (高平陵), where the previous emperors were buried. Around...

Following the events of the previous rebellions in Shouchun and the Incident at Gaoping Tombs, the regency and almost complete control of Wei was in the hands...