Ming · Eunuch

Cao Jixiang 曹吉祥

First attested AD 1457; died AD 1460 to AD 1461

Passages
10
Chapters
3
Histories
1

Overview

Cao Jixiang was an eunuch.

PeriodMing
IdentityHistorical · Male

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  • Exterminated after his execution
    AD 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

Key source chapters

  1. History of Ming, Chapter 170 Volume 170 Biographies 58: Yu Qian 5 passages
  2. History of Ming, Chapter 12 Volume 12 Annals 12: Yingzong Later Records 4 passages
  3. History of Ming, Chapter 77 Volume 77 Treatises 53: Finance and Economics 1 1 passage

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References in the histories

10 passages

History of Ming, Chapter 12Volume 12 Annals 12: Yingzong Later Records · 4 passages
天順元年春正月壬午,昧爽,武清侯石亨,都督張輗、張軏,左都御史楊善,副 都御史徐有貞,太監曹吉祥以兵迎帝於南宮,御奉天門,朝百官。 In the first month of spring in Tianshun one, at first light on renwu, Shi Heng, Marquis of Wuqing, Zhang Ni and Zhang Yue, regional commanders, Yang Shan, left censor-in-chief, Xu Youzhen, vice censor-in-chief, and the eunuch Cao Jixiang led troops to bring the Emperor out of the Southern Palace; he took the throne at Fengtian Gate and received the whole bureaucracy in audience.
History of Ming, Chapter 77Volume 77 Treatises 53: Finance and Economics 1 · 1 passage
History of Ming, Chapter 170Volume 170 Biographies 58: Yu Qian · 5 passages