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Battle of Ap Bac

He did not object to Cao's plan because it was consistent with President Diem's objective to save Vietnamese lives through the Rural Revolutionary Development and Chieu Hoi Programs, which encouraged Viet Cong fighters to join the South Vietnamese military.

Battle of Hefei

Battle of Xiaoyao Ford, also known as the Battle of Hefei, fought between Sun Quan and Cao Cao between 215 and 217

Battle of Xiapi

When Cao Cao asked Liu Bei for his opinion, Liu replied, "Haven't you seen what happened to Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo?"

As Cao Cao was pondering, Liu Bei said, "Haven't you seen what happened to Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo?"

Bi Gui

In 227, Cao Rui ascended the throne of Wei upon the death of his father Cao Pi.

The Wei official Jiang Ji suggested to Cao Rui to reassign Bi Gui to another province on the grounds that Bi was not competent enough to govern Bing Province, an important location in Wei.

Cao Peng

During his stay in Moscow, Cao Peng attended conducting masterclasses given by Leo Ginzburg, and began conducting the resident orchestra on regular occasions.

Cao Peng was born into one of the most influential families in the once thriving trading centre of Jiangyin, related both to Cao Yuyuan, the famous court censor of the late Qing, and more distantly to the great Cao family (of which the most famous scion was Cao Xueqin) that had risen in the world from the 18th century.

Cao Ren

After Cao Cao had defeated the Yellow Turban rebels, he received Emperor Xian (who had escaped from the clutches of Li Jue and Guo Si) and set up the new capital at Xu (許; present-day Xuchang, Henan) in 196.

Cao Ren responded to the threat by defeating Han Meng at Jiluo Hill (雞洛山; located 50 li northeast of present-day Xinmi, Henan).

Cao Rui

Instead of realizing that it was indeed a trap, Cao Rui enthusiastically approved Cao Xiu's plan, and this led to a major military disaster, but Cao Xiu's forces were saved by Jia Kui from total annihilation.

Cao Xiandong

Cao Xiandong was considered a talented midfielder and was soon called up to the Chinese under-17 team that took part in the 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship where China were knocked out in the quarter-finals to West Germany in a 4-2 defeat.

Cao Xiong

Cao Xiong (birth and death dates unknown) was a son of Cao Cao, a warlord who rose to power towards the end of the Han Dynasty and laid the foundation of the state of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period.

Cao Xiu

In May 2010, archaeologists announced the discovery of Cao Xiu's tomb in Mengjin County, Luoyang, Henan Province.

Cao Zhang

Jia Kui, a counsellor to Cao Pi, then volunteered to persuade Cao Zhang to desist.

Cao Zhi

In 2002, Hong Kong's TVB produced the television drama, Where the Legend Begins, featuring Cao Zhi as the intelligent and compassionate protagonist.

Charles Chao

Charles Chao (Chinese:曹国伟,Pinyin:cáo guó wěi)is a Chinese businessman who is the CEO and President of Chinese media company Sina Corp.

City of Life and Death

The film also won Best Director (Lu Chuan) and Best Cinematographer (Cao Yu) Awards at the 4th Asian Film Awards in 2010.

Clayton Municipal Airport

Clayton Municipal Airpark, an airport serving Clayton, New Mexico, United States (FAA: CAO)

Didao

Battle of Didao, between the states of Shu Han and Cao Wei in 255

Diogo Cão

That Cão, on his second voyage of 1484-1486, was accompanied by Martin Behaim (as alleged on the latter's Nuremberg globe of 1492) is very doubtful.

Dunedin Chinese Garden

The garden is in the traditional yuanlin (園林) style, and was designed by Cao Yongkang of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Chen Ling of Tongji University, and Tan Yufeng of Shanghai Museum.

Guo Huai

In the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong, Guo Huai has much the same role as a commander of Cao Wei troops against Jiang Wei, but his end is altered; he is killed by Jiang Wei in the Battle of Lintao in 253 AD, rather than dying of illness.

Guo Nüwang

Also, in 226, at the urging of her mother-in-law Empress Dowager Bian, she interceded on Cao Hong's behalf, allowing Cao Hong to be spared his life even though Cao Pi had previous grudges against him.

Hiệp Thiên Đài

In reality, nevertheless, only Cửu Trùng Đài and Hiệp Thiên Đài can launch secular or religious activities, so all Cao Đài dignitaries work for or in these two branches.

Hou Cheng

Hou Cheng later plotted with Song Xian and Wei Xu to betray Lü Bu, so he stole Lü Bu's horse, the Red Hare, escaped from Xiapi, and went to Cao Cao's camp, where he told Cao about their plot.

Incident at Guangling

Though, Zhou Fang of Wu defeated Cao Xiu after falsely defecting; thus the Wei forces failed once again.

Jian'an poetry

The term Jian'an poetry covers the final years at the end of the Han Dynasty and during which the Cao family was rising, or risen, to prominence were known as the Jian'an era (196-220), the final reign era of Emperor Xian of Han: the following period is known as the Three Kingdoms era, due to the three kingdoms which divided up the Han Dynasty, and war with one another for succession to the Han empire.

Li Jifu

He also compiled a number of historical events from the Eastern Han, Cao Wei, Jin, Northern Zhou, and Sui, commenting on their successes and failures and the reasons, into a 30-volume work known as the Summaries of the Six Dynasties (六代略).

Linghu Yu

Linghu Yu plotted with Wang Ling against Sima Yi to enthrone Cao Biao(曹彪) over Cao Fang to reduce the Sima family's influence over the Wei court.

Lü Boshe

Yi Zhongtian, a Xiamen University professor, speculated that Cao Cao was probably trying to console himself after mistakenly killing Lü Boshe's family by speaking in a regretful tone ("heartrendingly remarked").

Pan Zhang

In 223, Cao Pi sent Zhang He, Xu Huang, Cao Zhen, Xiahou Shang and others to lead armies to attack Nan commandery (南郡; around present-day Jingzhou, Hubei) with the objective of capturing Jiangling (江陵; present-day Jiangling County, Jingzhou, Hubei), which was defended by Zhu Ran.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hangzhou

Matthew Cao Xiangde was appointed bishop by the Patriotic Association but not recognized by the Vatican.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Liu finds a new base in Runan after leaving Yuan but is defeated by Cao Cao's forces once again.

Liu leads his men and the civilians of Xinye on an exodus southwards and they arrive at Jiangxia (present-day Yunmeng County, Hubei) where Liu establishes a foothold against Cao Cao.

Shirley Hoy

Prior to her becoming the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the City of Toronto, she held positions such as Director of Policy and Planning for the Community Services department; General Manager of Administration for Exhibition Place; and Executive Director for the Metro Chairman's Office.

Sōsō Mōtoku

Sōsō Mōtoku (曹操 孟德, Chinese: Cáo Cāo Mèngdé) is the Japanese spelling of the name of the historical figure Cao Cao.

Srđan Marjanović

Marjanović wrote about rock music for Zum reporter, ITD, Večernje novosti and Ćao.

Wang Lang

Cao Zhen called for his subordinates to help, and Wang Lang decided to try and persuade him to surrender (even though Guo Huai was skeptical about it) and engaged Zhuge Liang in a battle of words, but was soundly defeated, with Zhuge Liang scolding him as a dog and a traitor and other nasty words and from the shock of this, he fell off his horse, and died on the spot.

Xu Zhu

Xu Chu (許褚), a warrior serving under the warlord Cao Cao during the late Han Dynasty

Yang Chou

Yang attempted to present the decapitated head of his lord to Cao Cao, but was slain by Sui Gu.

Yao Chen

On November 17, 2012 Yao Chen married cinematographer Cao Yu in Queenstown, New Zealand.

Yuan Shao

Tian Feng urged Yuan to attack Cao while he was away, but Yuan refused to launch an all-out offensive, instead he sent small detachments to harass his enemy, but was daunted by Yu Jin, the defender of Yan Ford (see Battle of Dushi Ford).

A strike led by Cao Cao and Yue Jin at Yuan's supply depot in Wuchao in late 200 burned down most of the grains available to Yuan Shao's army, thus brought the northern army to a collapse.

Zheng Cao

Cao performed the world premiere of two opera roles, Magali in Salsipuedes by Daniel Catán and Ruth Young Kamen in Stewart Wallace's The Bonesetter's Daughter with a libretto by Amy Tan based on her book of the same name.

Zhongda

Zhongda, the style name of Sima Yi, Cao Wei's general during China's Three Kingdoms period

Zhuanxu

Zhuanxu was subsequently claimed as an ancestor by many of the dynasties of Chinese history, including the Mi of Chu and Yue, the Ying of Qin, and the Cao of Wei.

Zhuge Dan

However, the situation was reversed after the Incident at Gaoping Tombs, during which Cao Shuang's political enemy, Sima Yi, wiped the whole clan of Cao Shuang out, close aides like Deng Yang and several friends of Zhuge Dan were put to death, and Xiahou Xuan was replaced by Guo Huai.

Zhuge Liang's Northern Expeditions

Not long after the end of the first expedition, Eastern Wu inflicted a defeat on Cao Wei at the Battle of Shiting, on the Hefei battlegrounds.

Zidan

Cao Zhen (died 231), style name Zidan, military general under Cao Cao


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