Wei armySima (Wei)
Sima Yi
司馬懿
“The Tiger in the Tomb”
179–251 (aged 73)
- Rank / office
- Grand Commandant / General-in-Chief
- Domain / base
- Wei
- Battles in 3D
- 1 battle
Later imagined depiction · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
The dead Kongming put the living Zhongda to flight.
A saying from the Three Kingdoms
A deep-scheming minister of Wei. He beat back Zhuge Liang's repeated northern expeditions by refusing battle and waiting them out. At the Wuzhang Plains he cautiously let the Shu army withdraw, leaving the proverb "the dead Kongming put the living Zhongda to flight." Late in life he seized real power in the coup at the Gaoping tombs and laid the foundation for the Jin dynasty founded by his grandson Sima Yan.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 234Qinglong 2
Stand-off at the Wuzhang Plains
Faced Zhuge Liang for more than a hundred days on the Wei River and refused a decisive battle to the end.
Battle of Wuzhang Plains Commander-in-chief 8,000 troops Watch in 3D › The veteran Wei commander who refused a decisive battle, stuck to the defence and ignored Zhuge Liang's taunts. When he finally pursued, the statue deceived him into retreating. - 249Jiaping 1
Coup at the Gaoping Tombs
Staged a coup, removed Cao Shuang and seized real power in Wei.
- 251Jiaping 3
Death
Died of illness with the reins of Wei in his hands, the foundation of the Jin dynasty.
