Gaoping Tombs coup

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The Gaoping Tombs coup was a pivotal 249 CE power seizure in the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period, in which the general and regent Sima Yi eliminated his political rival Cao Shuang and paved the way for the rise of the Jin dynasty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coup d'état ⓘ
political purge ⓘ
power seizure ⓘ
chronologyWithin Three Kingdoms period ⓘ
conflictType internal political conflict ⓘ
country Cao Wei ⓘ
date 249 ⓘ
describedIn Records of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
Zizhi Tongjian ⓘ
followedBy consolidation of Sima clan power in Cao Wei ⓘ
eventual usurpation of the Wei throne by the Jin dynasty ⓘ
rise of the Sima family regency ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Gaopingling coup ⓘ
linked to: Gaoping Tombs coup

Incident at Gaoping Tombs ⓘ
linked to: Gaoping Tombs coup
hasCause power struggle between Sima Yi and Cao Shuang ⓘ
regency conflict during the minority of Cao Fang ⓘ
hasEffect marked the beginning of Sima clan dominance in northern China ⓘ
paved the way for the establishment of the Jin dynasty ⓘ
hasMainAntagonist Cao Shuang ⓘ
hasMainProtagonist Sima Yi ⓘ
hasMotive removal of Cao Shuang's control over the Wei government ⓘ
securing regency power for Sima Yi ⓘ
hasParticipant Cao Shuang ⓘ
Ding Mi ⓘ
Emperor Cao Fang ⓘ
He Yan ⓘ
Huan Fan ⓘ
Li Sheng ⓘ
Sima Shi ⓘ
Sima Yi ⓘ
Sima Zhao ⓘ
Xiahou Xuan ⓘ
location Gaoping Tombs ⓘ
Luoyang ⓘ
opposedBy Cao Shuang faction ⓘ
linked to: House of Cao
partOf history of Cao Wei ⓘ
political history of the Three Kingdoms period ⓘ
pointInTime 249 ⓘ
precededBy appointment of Sima Yi and Cao Shuang as co-regents of Cao Fang ⓘ
result Sima Yi becomes sole regent of Cao Wei ⓘ
centralization of power under Sima Yi ⓘ
elimination of Cao Shuang's faction ⓘ
weakening of imperial authority of Cao Fang ⓘ
significantEvent arrest of Cao Shuang at Gaoping Tombs ⓘ
execution of Cao Shuang and his clan ⓘ
forced surrender of Cao Shuang ⓘ
seizure of military control of Luoyang by Sima Yi ⓘ
supportedBy Sima Yi faction ⓘ
temporalContext reign of Emperor Cao Fang ⓘ

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Sima Yi → notableEvent → Gaoping Tombs coup ⓘ
Sima clan → involvedInEvent → Gaoping Tombs coup ⓘ
司馬懿 → notableEvent → Gaoping Tombs coup ⓘ
subject linked to: 仲達
Gaoping Tombs coup → hasAlternativeName → Incident at Gaoping Tombs ⓘ
linked to: Gaoping Tombs coup
Gaoping Tombs coup → hasAlternativeName → Gaopingling coup ⓘ
linked to: Gaoping Tombs coup
Cao Shuang → notableEvent → Gaoping Tombs coup ⓘ