Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Cao Shuang 曹爽

Attested AD 249 - AD 249

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Cao Shuang was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 249 曹爽
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 2, passage 169
AD 249 曹爽故事
Directly stated · Book of Chen 7, passage 55

Key source chapters

Book of Chen, Chapter 7 Volume 7: Empresses and Consorts 1 passage
Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 2 Volume 2 Annals 2: Emperor Gao of Southern Qi 2 1 passage

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 7Volume 7: Empresses and Consorts · 1 passage

高宗將出，而諮議毛喜止之曰：「今若出外，便受制於人，譬如曹爽，願作富家翁不可得也。」 Emperor Xuan was about to leave when adviser Mao Xi stopped him and said, "Go out now and you fall under another's hand—as with Cao Shuang, you may wish only to be a rich man and cannot even have that."

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 2Volume 2 Annals 2: Emperor Gao of Southern Qi 2 · 1 passage

晉宣不內迫曹爽，豈有定霸浮橋？ Sima Yi would never have seized power at the Floating Bridge had Cao Shuang not driven him to it.