
Name: Cao Rui
Pronunciation: cao rui(2-4)
Era name: Taihe, Qinglong, Jingchu
Temple number: Liezu
Title: Emperor Ming
Year of birth: 204 AD
Year of death: 239 AD
Birthplace: Yu County (present-day Haozhou City, Anhui Province)
Place of death: Luoyang (present-day Luoyang, Shaanxi Province)
Reigned: 226 AD - 239 AD
Major achievements: repelling Wu Shu's attacks, pacifying Xianbei, and joining Cao Cao and Cao Pi as the Three Ancestors of the Wei clan