Incident at Gaoping Tombs

When

5 Feb 249

Kind

Coup

Coordinates

34.66° N, 112.42° E

Description

Coup d'état in the state of Cao Wei (249)

Coup d'état in the state of Cao Wei (249)

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) of China. The parties involved were Sima Yi and Cao Shuang, who were both regents for the Cao Wei emperor Cao Fang, who was then about 17 years old.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Incident at Gaoping Tombs: In the Chinese state of Cao Wei, regent Sima Yi, in a coup d'état, forces his co-regent Cao Shuang to relinquish his power, after…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “高平陵之變，曹魏司馬懿在雒邑起兵發動政變，權臣曹爽一族被誅殺。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “司馬懿がクーデター（高平陵の変）を起こし、曹爽ら一族を処刑して魏の実権を掌握する。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page