Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Warlord

Cao Yi 曹嶷

Attested AD 311 - AD 350

Passages: 4
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Cao Yi was a warlord.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 350 to AD 322 十六國典故
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 127, passage 159
AD 311 to AD 322 曹嶷之所營
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 127, passage 130
AD 311 to AD 323 趙攻曹嶷
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 128, passages 229-230

Key source chapters

Book of Jin, Chapter 127 Volume 12 Records 27: Murong De 2 passages
Book of Jin, Chapter 128 Volume 128 Records 28: Murong Chao 2 passages

Events and relationships

Built Guanggu
Political · Builder · At Guanggu 廣固
Directly stated · Book of Jin 127, passage 130

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 127Volume 12 Records 27: Murong De · 2 passages

廣固者，曹嶷之所營，山川阻峻，足為帝王之都。 Guanggu was built by Cao Yi; its mountains and streams are steep enough for an emperor's capital.

近則曹嶷跋扈，見擒于後趙； Recently Cao Yi ran riot and was captured by Later Zhao.

Book of Jin, Chapter 128Volume 128 Records 28: Murong Chao · 2 passages

河間人玄文說裕曰：「昔趙攻曹嶷，望氣者以為澠水帶城，非可攻拔，若塞五龍口，城必自陷。 A man of Hejian, Xuan Wen, said to Yu: “Anciently when Zhao attacked Cao Yi, the qi-watcher thought the Mian River girdled the city and it could not be stormed; if you block the Wulong mouth, the city is sure to collapse of itself.

石季龍從之，而嶷請降。 Shi Hu followed this, and Yi asked to surrender.