Ling Cao

Ling Cao
凌操
Colonel Who Defeats Bandits (破賊校尉)
In office
c. late 190s (c. late 190s) – 203 (203)
Chief of Yongping (永平長)
In office
c. late 190s (c. late 190s) – ? (?)
Personal details
BornUnknown[1]
Died203
ChildrenLing Tong
OccupationMilitary general

Ling Cao (died 203) was a Chinese military general serving under the warlords Sun Ce and Sun Quan during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He was the father of Ling Tong. He was killed by Gan Ning after his ambush at Xiakou.[2]

  1. ^ Since Ling Tong was born in 189, Ling Cao should be born in or before 176
  2. ^ de Crespigny (2007), p. 466.