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Cao Kai
Cao Kai, son of Cao Wei's Prince of Rencheng Cao Zhang, lost fiefs for secretly commissioning banned items, then served as Chonghua Shaofu.
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History · vol. 19Records of the Three Kingdoms
…子楷嗣，徙封中牟。五年，改封任城縣。太和六年，復改封任城國，食五縣二千五百戶。…
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太祖東還，以彰行越騎將軍，留長安。太祖至洛陽，得疾，驛召彰，未至，太祖崩。〈《魏略》曰：彰至，謂臨菑侯植曰：『先王召我者，欲立汝也。』植曰：『不可。不見袁氏兄弟乎！』〉文帝即王位，彰與諸侯就國。〈《魏略》曰：太子嗣立，既葬，遣彰之國。始彰自以先王見任有功，冀因此遂見授用，而聞當隨例，意甚不悅，不待遣而去。時以鄢陵塉薄，使治中牟。及帝受禪，因封為中牟王。是後大駕幸許昌，北州諸侯上下，皆畏彰之剛嚴；每過中牟，不敢不速。〉詔曰：『先王之道，庸勳親親，並建母弟，開國承家，故能藩屏大宗，禦侮厭難。彰前受命北伐，清定朔土，厥功茂焉。增邑五千，并前萬戶。』黃初二年，進爵為公。三年，立為任城王。四年，朝京都，疾薨於邸，謚曰威。〈《魏氏春秋》曰：初，彰問璽綬，將有異志，故來朝不即得見。彰忿怒暴薨。〉至葬，賜鑾輅、龍旂，虎賁百人，如漢東平王故事。子楷嗣，徙封中牟。五年，改封任城縣。太和六年，復改封任城國，食五縣二千五百戶。青龍三年，楷坐私遣官屬詣中尚方作禁物，削縣二千戶。正始七年，徙封濟南，三千戶。正元、景元初，連增邑，凡四千四百戶。〈楷，泰始初為崇化少府，見《百官名》。〉
History · vol. 20Records of the Three Kingdoms
元城哀王禮，黃初二年封秦公，以京兆郡爲國。三年，改爲京兆王。…
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元城哀王禮，黃初二年封秦公，以京兆郡爲國。三年，改爲京兆王。六年，改封元城王。太和三年薨。五年，以任城王楷子悌嗣禮後。六年，改封梁王。景初、正元、景元中，累增邑，幷前四千五百戸。
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Cao Kai was the son of Cao Zhang, King of Rencheng under Cao Wei, and succeeded to the title of King of Rencheng. He does not appear in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Deeds
Cao Kai succeeded to the title of King of Rencheng and was later transferred to the fief of Zhongmou. In the fifth year of Huangchu, his title was changed to Marquis of Rencheng County; in the sixth year of Taihe, it was changed again to King of the State of Rencheng, with a fief of five counties and 2,500 households (according to historical records).
In the third year of Qinglong, Cao Kai was stripped of 2,000 households from his county fief for privately sending officials to the Imperial Workshops to produce prohibited items (according to historical records).
In the seventh year of Zhengshi, Cao Kai was transferred to the fief of Jinan, with 3,000 households. In the early years of Zhengyuan and Jingyuan, his fief was increased successively, reaching a total of 4,400 households (according to historical records).
In the early years of Taishi, Cao Kai served as Assistant Director of the Department for the Promotion of Culture (according to historical records).
Relations
- Father: Cao Zhang; Cao Kai succeeded to his title as King of Rencheng.
- Son: Cao Ti, who succeeded as heir to Cao Li, the Mourning King of Yuancheng.
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History · vol. 19
Kin
father and son; succeeded him as Prince of Rencheng