Cao Pi

Cao Pi (in Chinese: 曹丕), also known as Emperor Wen of Wei (in Chinese: 魏文帝), is one of the major protagonists in the 14th-century Chinese classic novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms by the late Luo Guanzhong, and its multiple adaptations. He is Cao Cao's second son and successor and Lady Zhen's second husband.
He was voiced by Nobutoshi Canna, who also voiced Knuckles from the Sonic the Hedgehog series, Yugo Ogami from the Bloody Roar series, Flounder from the Japanese dub of The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea, and Jann Lee from the Dead or Alive series.
==History==
===Early Life and Career===
Cao Pi is a scholar whom helped his family to expand China. When he was young, Cao Pi learned to archery or ride horses and Cao Cao encouraged him very much. A few years later, Cao Pi fought with his father and his long military life exercised his strong body, enriched his knowledge and accumulated a lot of material for his poetry creation.
As his age and experience continue to growing up, the spiritual impact of the harsh living environment has gradually formed his unique temperament. Likewise, he is often draw a parallel to be a usurper where having if such matter to showing any martial arts skills and intellectual. Cao Pi was said to be a famous ruler of Wei. After his half brother Cao Ang's death, Cao Pi was became the heir of Cao Cao. During the Battle of Guandu, Cao Pi drew the most proud rumors in order to make his father confront the warlord Yuan Shao.
At this moment, Cao Pi thought about the tariffs of his family when he discussing with Guan Yu, Li Dian, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Yu Jin, and Yue Jin, Cao Cao's absolute right was to be attacked by Yuan Shao's forces after he was out of the situation. Cao Cao first defeated Guo Tu and Cao Pi, who are about to bundle the weapons, Guan Yu heads to Baima to defeated Yan Liang before executing Wen Chou. Cao Pi allowed Cao Cao's forces set fire to the attacked on time before smashing through the city gate, there may be no need to waste time to slow down and facing Yuan Shao after they are rushed.
Terrain resulted a disastrous touchdown by ongoing, Zhang He, the man who among define for aaprise bygone so do a favor with Yuan Shao. Assent with Cao Cao since Zhang He yield relinquish to surrendered by the heave, Cao Pi and Cao Cao are quickly to fights with Yuan Shao.
===Rising of Wei===
Meanwhile, he accompanied his father during the invasion of Ji province and was the named is the emperor of Wei, he also waged a war of succession with his brother Cao Zhi. When Cao Pi sees the two women were crying and pulling the sword, he is the first time to meet Lady Zhen, Cao Pi is very easy to satisfy. Cao Pi particularly liked her before they were got married, so their first child was eventually born after they first meet. It is interesting to say that Lady Zhen's biological son is not Cao Pi's true son at all, but it has not been submitted that they had promised to helped others before requesting marriage. Cao Pi took his own promise seriously when she was captured, since this will not cause any awkward. Even if Cao Pi was ended up succeeding his father proclaiming himself as the prime minister of Han, king of Wei and Imperial Protector of Ji province.
===Becoming Emperor and Foundation of Wei===
Due to help of the seizing Jing Province by requested for Wu, Cao Pi later arrived in Fan Castle to fought Guan Yu with Xiahou Dun, Xu Huang, and Pang De. Upon his protest, he repelled off the Shu forces but though learned the God of War is strongest with grumpy which comparatively to gets warring towards Wei and Wu. When Guan Yu executing Pang De, causing Yu Jin defecting under the flood attack, Cao Pi becoming furious was about that he would have disgraced for it, which Xiahou Dun vowed to defeat Guan Yu and makes him to be punishment. He orders Wu to kill Guan Yu and decapitated his head in claimed the victory, Cao Pi returning to Luoyang joining in banquets with his family as Xu Huang and Xu Chu are going to wrestling.
After Cao Cao's death, Cao Pi was hopefully to overthrow Emperor Xian and shroud up to be a major benevolent emperor after the founding of the Wei kingdom. However, Lady Zhen once again offended with a flood of sins, Cao Pi is pave to slaying her and discard his contrive to rised the Cao family in a non-indispensable wants as the way things all the only ones and make them to be never insolent. Lady Zhen is dead, Cao Pi just so be infatuated with Guo Nuwang and made her one of his favorite empresses. Cao Pi gave Sun Quan the title king of Wu whose kingdom he would later order invasion, shortly before ordering the invasion of the Shu kingdom. Since the Wu forces will soon cooperate with Cao Pi after defeated Shu and returned to camp, Sun Quan has expedience to consider an arbitrary plan and cultivate them under advanced teaching.
Also that, he was failed in both the invasions, Cao Pi suspected that his brother Cao Zhang wanted to usurp the throne and made him poison when they played the chess. After his failures of the conquest, Cao Pi understands that their justice is extremely obliging to carry with glory and subtle coincidence, persisted in returning to assault Wu and personally participated in the invasion, once again to defeated. Seven years after, he became ill and summoned his vassals Sima Yi, Chen Qun, Cao Zhen, and Cao Xiu to his bedside, whom he requested support for his son Cao Rui. Later in his life, Cao Pi died at the age of 40, leaving an important imprint in history as a poet despite his famous military failures.
==Personality==
Cao Pi is a son who closely follows his father's expectations. He is the only character who Cao Cao addresses by their style name in the overseas script. Unlike his father, he can speaks in a bitter tone and is more condescending. Though a loyal and respectful son, he is determined to surpass his father's image and realize his own dreams.
To this end, he was remains apathetic to the other two kingdoms and is unimpressed by their final efforts to oppose him. However, he shares an affinity with Sima Yi, as their combined efforts soundly unite Wei's army after his father's death. At the same time, however, he loosely trusts the strategist's loyalty. Despite his serious demeanor, Cao Pi is strongly kind to Cao Xiu when he wants to offers him watching after his father in Dynasty Warriors 9.
He caring about his wife in any of the times and even somewhat to obsession with her, which they intending to taking part of roles as an rulers of Wei. Following Cao Cao's death, Cao Pi would replaced his father to becoming ruler of the kingdom and carry out his power to expelled Emperor Xian in remained his abilities and passions. He and Cao Xiu were referred each other by their style names and yet, Cao Pi is how to showed Sima Yi's ambitions and strategy promoted him to be his next master when they shared a connection to the politics.
==Trivia==
*Cao Pi is a playable character in the Dynasty Warriors video game series.
*Cao Pi is a major character in the 2010 TV adaptation of Three Kingdoms, where he is portrayed by Yu Bin.
*Cao Pi is one of the main characters in the 2017 TV series, The Advisor Alliance. He was portrayed by Li Chen.
*He also appeared as one of the central characters in the 2018 TV series, The Secret Dragon in the Abyss, where he was portrayed by Tan Jianci.
*He had been this way severely to believed in Taoism.
==External Links==
*Cao Pi on the Koei Wiki.
*Cao Pi on the Historica Wiki.
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