Cao Jie (曹节) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Cao Jie as a courtier and eunuch. This record brings together 12 passages from 4 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Cao Jie	曹节	Cao Jie
Surname	Cao	曹	Cao
Personal name	Cao Jie	曹节	Cao Jie
Personal	Cao Jie	曹节	Cáo Jié
Personal name	Cao Jie	曹节
Personal name	Cao Jie	曹节	Cáo Jié
Given	Jie	节	Jie
Title	Regular Attendant	中常侍

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0013, houhanshu:085:s0251, houhanshu:113:s0175, houhanshu:117:s0091, houhanshu:119:s0180

Roles

Courtier
Eunuch

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: AD 168-179 · Western Interval: Start: AD 168 · End: AD 179
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:085:s0013
Source Date: Text: 其冬 · Western Year: AD 179
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:085:s0251
Source Date: Text: 建宁元年九月辛亥 · Western Year: AD 168
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:113:s0175
Source Date: Text: 建宁四年 · Western Year: AD 171
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:117:s0091, houhanshu:117:s0090
Source Date: Text: 熹平二年 · Western Year: AD 173
Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0180
Source Date: Text: 熹平二年后六年 · Western Year: AD 178
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:113:s0092
Source Date: Text: 熹平四年六月 · Western Year: AD 175
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:117:s0179, houhanshu:117:s0178

Career and standing

Label: Regular Attendant / 中常侍 · Action: held
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0220, houhanshu:113:s0092, houhanshu:113:s0175
Status: monopolized-power · Action: held
Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0180

Places and affiliations

Label: Later Han / 後漢 · Relation: active-in
Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0175
Polity: Eastern Han / 东汉 · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · houhanshu:085:s0251
Polity: Eastern Han / 東漢 · Relation: served
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0013

Works and attributed material

Kind: accusation · Role: speaker · Statement: Told the emperor Yang Qiu was cruel, reckless, and unfit to remain Colonel Director of Retainers. · Other Person Ids: Yang Qiu (阳球), Emperor Ling (灵帝) · Provenance: Mode: direct-quotation · Speaker Person Id: Cao Jie (曹节)
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0241, houhanshu:085:s0242
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Statement: Eunuchs might devour one another, but should not leave their remains for dogs; he urged the attendants to enter the palace together. · Other Person Id: Wang Fu (王甫) · Provenance: Mode: direct-quotation · Speaker Person Id: Cao Jie (曹节)
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0239, houhanshu:085:s0240

Events and relationships

Kind: political-intervention · Role: courtier · Action: forced immediate issuance of Yang Qiu's transfer while Yang was at the imperial tombs · Other Person Id: Yang Qiu (阳球)
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0244
Kind: political · Role: perpetrator · Action: forged-edict-and-killed · Other Person Id: Chen Fan (陈蕃)
Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0175
Kind: political · Role: accuser · Action: slandered · Other Person Id: Liu He (刘郃) · Counterparts: Zhang Rang (张让) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其冬 · Western Year: AD 179
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0251
Kind: political · Role: slanderer · Action: slandered · Other Person Id: Liu He (刘郃)
Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0092
Relation: ally-of · Person Id: Zhang Rang (张让)
Explicit · houhanshu:085:s0251