Overview
Cao Jixiang was an eunuch.
Life and dates
Death
- AD 1460 to AD 1461 又數年Execution with clanDirectly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 245
- AD 1461 天順五年秋七月癸卯Executed by dismemberment in the marketplace · At the marketplace 市Directly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 136
Attested activity
- AD 1460 to AD 1461 又數年Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 245
- AD 1461 天順五年秋七月庚子Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 12, passages 125, 135
- AD 1461 天順五年秋七月癸卯Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 12, passages 125, 136
- AD 1457 天順元年春正月丙戌Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 12, passages 1, 8
- AD 1457 天順元年春正月壬午Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 12, passages 1-2
- AD 1457 景泰八年正月壬午Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 204
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- AD 1457 to AD 1461 曹吉祥活動於天順Strongly inferred · History of Ming 77, passage 246
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Parent of Cao Qin (曹欽)adopted heir 嗣子 · Adoptive parentage · AD 1457 天順元年春正月丙戌Directly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 8
- Exterminated after his executionAD 1461 天順五年秋七月癸卯 · Kinship Role clan and kin · Quantity the whole clan, number unstated · Source Term his clan was wiped out 夷其族Directly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 136
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Career and standing
- inner attendant / eunuch 內侍Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 203
- Eunuch Superintendent of the Metropolitan Camp 總督京營太監AD 1461 天順五年秋七月庚子 · HeldDirectly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 135
- Eunuch 太監AD 1457 天順元年春正月壬午 · HeldDirectly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 2
- ConfiscatedAD 1465 憲宗即位 · Property confiscatedDirectly stated · History of Ming 77, passage 246
- SufferedAD 1460 to AD 1461 又數年 · Clan exterminationDirectly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 245
- SufferedAD 1461 天順五年秋七月癸卯 · Legal Action dismemberment in the marketplace 磔於市Directly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 136
Places and affiliations
- Polity Ming 明 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · History of Ming 12, passages 2, 8, 135
- Polity Ming 明 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · History of Ming 77, passage 246
Events and relationships
- Flogged Duoer for mourning QianDirectly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 228
- Led troops that brought the Emperor out of the Southern PalaceDirectly stated · History of Ming 12, passages 2, 8
- Plotted rebellionAD 1460 to AD 1461 又數年 · Military · RebelDirectly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 245
- Restored former emperorDirectly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 204
- Rose in revolt with his adopted son and was crushed by Sun TangAD 1461 天順五年秋七月庚子 · Military · Event the Cao revolt 曹欽之亂 · Leader · With Cao Qin (曹欽), Sun Tang (孫鏜)Directly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 135
- His partisans, Tang Xu among them, were executed with himDirectly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 136
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- Relation Grudge against · Person Yu Qian (于謙)Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 203
- Relation Commander of · Person Duo'er (朵兒)Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 227
Assessments and attributes
- Item confiscated lands made palace estates 沒入地為宮中莊田 · Relation ForfeitedDirectly stated · History of Ming 77, passage 246
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · History of Ming 77, passage 246
References in the histories
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