Cao Jie (eunuch)
Cao Jie | |
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| 曹節 | |
| Commandant of Equipage (奉車都尉) | |
| In office ?–? | |
| Monarch | Emperor Huan of Han |
| Minister of the Guards of Changle Palace (長樂衛尉) | |
| In office 168 – 169 | |
| Monarch | Emperor Ling of Han |
| Empress's Chamberlain (大長秋) | |
| In office 169 – ? | |
| Monarch | Emperor Ling of Han |
| Prefect of the Masters of Writing (尚書令) | |
| In office 179 – 181 | |
| Monarch | Emperor Ling of Han |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Unknown |
| Died | 181 |
| Occupation | Court eunuch, politician |
| Courtesy name | Hanfeng (漢豐) |
| Peerage | Marquis of Yuyang (育陽侯) |
| Cao Jie | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 曹節 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 曹节 | ||||||
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| Hanfeng (courtesy name) | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 漢豐 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 汉丰 | ||||||
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Cao Jie (fl.125–181), courtesy name Hanfeng, was a Chinese court eunuch and politician during the Eastern Han dynasty. He rose to power during the reign of Emperor Ling (r. 168–189). He was involved in a power struggle against a rival faction led by Dou Wu and Chen Fan during the reign of Emperor Huan (r. 146–168) and early reign of Emperor Ling. His son-in-law Feng Fang later became one of the 8 colonels of the Army of the Western Garden.
In the beginning of the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Jie is listed as one of the Ten Attendants even though historically he was not a member of the group.