Description:Chapters: Empress Guo, Zhen Luo, Empress Guo Nuwang, Empress Mao, Empress Bian, Empress Zhang, Empress Zhen, Empress Wang. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Empress Guo (, personal name unknown) (died 263), formally Empress Mingyuan (, literally "the all-seeing and discerning empress") was an empress of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms Period. Her husband was Cao Rui (Emperor Ming); she was his third wife and second empress. What little is known about her appears to show that she was an intelligent woman who fought hard to try to prevent her empire from falling into the hands of the Sima clan (Sima Yi and his sons Sima Shi and Sima Zhao) during the reigns of her adopted son Cao Fang and his cousin Cao Mao, but was unable to stem the tide. The future Empress Guo was from Xiping Commandery (, roughly modern Xining, Qinghai). Her family was a powerful clan in the area, but during the reigns of Cao Rui's father Cao Pi (Emperor Wen), it was implicated in a rebellion, and she, among others in her family, was confiscated by the Cao Wei government. She somehow became a concubine of Cao Rui, and he greatly favored her. In 237, Consort Guo was involved an incident that led to the death of Cao Rui's first empress (and second wife), Empress Mao. Once, when Cao Rui was attending a feast hosted by Consort Guo, Consort Guo requested that Empress Mao be invited to join as well, but Cao Rui refused and further ordered that no news about the feast is to be given to Empess Mao. However, the news leaked, and Empress Mao talked about the feast with him anyway. He became exceedingly angry, and killed a number of his attendants whom he suspected of leaking the news to Empress Mao, and, inexplicably, ordered Empress Mao to commit suicide. After Empress Mao's death, Co...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=322347We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cao Wei Empresses: Empress Guo, Zhen Luo, Empress Guo Nuwang, Empress Mao, Emprempress Guo, Zhen Luo, Empress Guo Nuwang, Empress Mao, Empress Bian, Empress Zhang, Empress Zhen, Empress Wang Ess Bian, Empress Zhang, Empress Zhen, Empress Wang. To get started finding Cao Wei Empresses: Empress Guo, Zhen Luo, Empress Guo Nuwang, Empress Mao, Emprempress Guo, Zhen Luo, Empress Guo Nuwang, Empress Mao, Empress Bian, Empress Zhang, Empress Zhen, Empress Wang Ess Bian, Empress Zhang, Empress Zhen, Empress Wang, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Description: Chapters: Empress Guo, Zhen Luo, Empress Guo Nuwang, Empress Mao, Empress Bian, Empress Zhang, Empress Zhen, Empress Wang. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Empress Guo (, personal name unknown) (died 263), formally Empress Mingyuan (, literally "the all-seeing and discerning empress") was an empress of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms Period. Her husband was Cao Rui (Emperor Ming); she was his third wife and second empress. What little is known about her appears to show that she was an intelligent woman who fought hard to try to prevent her empire from falling into the hands of the Sima clan (Sima Yi and his sons Sima Shi and Sima Zhao) during the reigns of her adopted son Cao Fang and his cousin Cao Mao, but was unable to stem the tide. The future Empress Guo was from Xiping Commandery (, roughly modern Xining, Qinghai). Her family was a powerful clan in the area, but during the reigns of Cao Rui's father Cao Pi (Emperor Wen), it was implicated in a rebellion, and she, among others in her family, was confiscated by the Cao Wei government. She somehow became a concubine of Cao Rui, and he greatly favored her. In 237, Consort Guo was involved an incident that led to the death of Cao Rui's first empress (and second wife), Empress Mao. Once, when Cao Rui was attending a feast hosted by Consort Guo, Consort Guo requested that Empress Mao be invited to join as well, but Cao Rui refused and further ordered that no news about the feast is to be given to Empess Mao. However, the news leaked, and Empress Mao talked about the feast with him anyway. He became exceedingly angry, and killed a number of his attendants whom he suspected of leaking the news to Empress Mao, and, inexplicably, ordered Empress Mao to commit suicide. After Empress Mao's death, Co...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=322347We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cao Wei Empresses: Empress Guo, Zhen Luo, Empress Guo Nuwang, Empress Mao, Emprempress Guo, Zhen Luo, Empress Guo Nuwang, Empress Mao, Empress Bian, Empress Zhang, Empress Zhen, Empress Wang Ess Bian, Empress Zhang, Empress Zhen, Empress Wang. To get started finding Cao Wei Empresses: Empress Guo, Zhen Luo, Empress Guo Nuwang, Empress Mao, Emprempress Guo, Zhen Luo, Empress Guo Nuwang, Empress Mao, Empress Bian, Empress Zhang, Empress Zhen, Empress Wang Ess Bian, Empress Zhang, Empress Zhen, Empress Wang, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.