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红楼梦	Hóng lóu Mèng	A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹, one of the four great novels
高平	Gāo píng	Gaoping, city in 山西 / Cao Bang, Vietnam
魏	Wèi	surname Wei / name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States / Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty / the Wei dynasty 221-265 / Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history
曹县	Cáo xiàn	Cao county in Heze 菏泽, Shandong
荀彧	Xún Yù	Xun Yu (163-212), brilliant strategist, advisor of Cao Cao in Three Kingdoms
萧规曹随	Xiāo guī Cáo suí	lit. Xiao's 萧何 governance followed by Cao 曹参 (idiom) / fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor / to follow precedent
三曹	Sān Cáo	the Three Caos (Cao Cao 曹操 and his sons Cao Pi 曹丕 and Cao Zhi 曹植), who established the Wei or Cao Wei dynasty 曹魏, and were all three noted poets and calligraphers
曹丕	Cáo Pī	Cao Pi (187-226), second son of Cao Cao 曹操, king then emperor of Cao Wei 曹魏 from 220, ruled as Emperor Wen 魏文帝, also a noted calligrapher
曹参	Cáo Cān	Cao Can (-190 BC), second chancellor of Han Dynasty, contributed to its founding by fighting on Liu Bang's 刘邦 side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚汉战争 / also pr. [Cao2 Shen1]
庞德	Páng Dé	Pang De (-219), general of Cao Wei at the start of the Three Kingdoms period, victor over Guan Yu 关羽 / Pound (name) / Ezra Pound (1885-1972), American poet and translator
曹雪芹	Cáo Xuě qín	Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of A Dream of Red Mansions 红楼梦
上下五千年	Shàng xià Wǔ Qiān nián	Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹余章
曹操	Cáo Cāo	Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕 / the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三国演义
程昱	Chéng Yù	Cheng Yu (141-220), advisor to General Cao Cao 曹操 during the Three Kingdoms era
钟繇	Zhōng Yáo	Zhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏 and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷书
曹魏	Cáo Wèi	Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕, son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265
曹植	Cáo Zhí	Cao Zhi (192-232), son of Cao Cao 曹操, noted poet and calligrapher
曹禺	Cáo Yú	Cao Yu (1910-1997), PRC dramatist
官渡之战	Guān dù zhī Zhàn	Battle of Guandu of 199 that established Cao Cao's 曹操 domination over north China, at Guandu (near modern 许昌 in north Henan)
幸甚至哉	xìng shèn zhì zāi	filled with joy (quotation from poems by Cao Cao 曹操)