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He was favored by Emperor Ming of the Chinese Kingdom of Wei. In 237 he was sent to Liaodong to overthrow the local warlord Gongsun Yuan but was obstructed by floods. In the next year Sima Yi and Wuqiu Jian succeeded in conquering the Gongsun family. In recognition of the campaign, the title of Marquess of Anyi (安邑候) was bestowed on him.

In 244 Wuqiu Jian led the second punitive expedition to Goguryeo. He defeated the Goguryeo army led by King Gong (宮) beside the Tongjia River and then occupied the capital Wandu . During the third campaign in the next year, he occupied the capital again and forced the king to flee to the southeast. A subsection of the Chinese army reached the eastern coast of the peninsula and another reached northern ManchuriaManchuria and Northeast China are names for a region (ca. 1,550,000 km2) in Northeast Asia which is today the northeast part of People's Republic of China. Manchuria was the traditional homeland of peoples such as the Xianbei, the Khitans, the Jurchen, an. In commemoration of the conquest, a stone craving was raised during the campaign. A piece of the monument was discovered in 1905Events January-April January 22 Massacre of Russian demonstrators at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, one of the triggers of the abortive Russian Revolution of 1905. January 26 The Cullinan Diamond is found near Pretoria, South Africa at the Premier. It is today called the "Monument of Wuqiu Jian inscribed achievements" (毋丘儉紀功碑).

Wuqiu Jian was defeated and killed in the revolt against Sima Shi after whom deposed Cao FangCao Fang ch. py. cao fng wg. Ts'ao-Fang (between 231 and 233- 274) was an emperor of the Kingdom of Wei. He retained the title King of Qi, ch. qi wang, wg. ch'i wang after desposed by Sima Shi . He was a grandson of Cao Zhang, who was in turn the second s, the successor of Emperor Ming. Some scholars consider that his action resulted from his loyalty to the royal family, and others treat it just as a rebellion.

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