CHIN 50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Northern Wei, Emperor Daowu Of Northern Wei, Ruan Ji
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Toward the close of the han, continual conflicts between eunuchs (castrated males at the court) and consort families (emperor"s in laws) Rise of the religious daoist sects (especially the yellow turbans), who rebelled against the han. Han officially ended in 220 ce, when cao cao died and his son forced the abdication of the last. Han emperor and founded a new wei dynasty. The three kingdoms period (220-265): wei, shu, wu. Cao cao ( ) made himself dictator (a cruel one) of the north. His son cao pei formalized the dominance and founded the wei state. Sun ce and sun quan established the wu state in southern china. Liu bei, with strategist zhuge liang, established the shu state in western china. However, the son of the victorious general forced the. Wei emperor to abdicate in his favour, founding the jin dynasty. Jin dynasty replaces wei dynasty (265), then conquers state of wu (280)
