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