Sima Shi | |||||||||||||
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| 司馬師 | |||||||||||||
 A Qing dynasty illustration of Sima Shi | |||||||||||||
| Regent of Cao Wei | |||||||||||||
| In office 7 September 251 – 23 March 255 | |||||||||||||
| Monarchs | Cao Fang Cao Mao | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Sima Yi | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Sima Zhao | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 208[1] | ||||||||||||
| Died | 23 March 255 (aged 47)[2] Xuchang, Henan | ||||||||||||
| Spouse | |||||||||||||
| Issue Detail | five daughters | ||||||||||||
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| House | House of Sima | ||||||||||||
| Father | Sima Yi | ||||||||||||
| Mother | Empress Xuanmu | ||||||||||||
Sima Shi () (208 – 23 March 255),[1][2][3] courtesy name Ziyuan, was a military general and regent of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. In February 249, he assisted his father Sima Yi in overthrowing the emperor Cao Fang's regent Cao Shuang, allowing the Sima family to become paramount authority in the state, and he inherited his father's authority after his father's death in September 251. He maintained a tight grip on the political scene and, when the emperor, Cao Fang, considered action against him in 254, had him deposed and replaced with his cousin, Cao Mao. This tight grip eventually allowed him to, at the time of his death in March 255 after just having quelled a rebellion, transfer his power to his younger brother, Sima Zhao, whose son Sima Yan eventually usurped the throne and established the Jin dynasty.
After Sima Yan became emperor, he, recognising Sima Shi's role in his own imperial status, posthumously honoured his uncle as Emperor Jing (景皇帝), with the temple name Shizong (世宗).
- ^ a b Theobald, Ulrich (12 January 2012). "Chinese History - Sima Shi". Chinaknowledge - a universal guide for China studies. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ a b Declercq, Dominik (1998). "Chapter 5". Writing Against the State: Political Rhetorics in Third and Fourth Century China. BRILL. p. 176. ISBN 9004103767. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
Hardly was this rebellion crushed than Sima Shi died (in March 255); and his brother Sima Zhao took command...
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On the day xinhai (March 23), Sima Shi died at Xuchang. Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Achilles Fang.