Sīmǎ Zhāo zhǎngwò le Wèiguó de dàquán, huángdì Cáo Máo zhǐshì gè kuǐlěi.
Sima Zhao held real power in Wei, and Emperor Cao Mao was only a puppet.
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culture
In 260 the young emperor 曹髦 declared that Sima Zhao's intent was known to every man in the street, then led his palace guards against him and was killed. His words live on as 司马昭之心，路人皆知, for an ambition so obvious that everyone sees it.
history
His armies conquered Shu in 263, and it was he who asked the captive 刘禅 whether he missed Shu, drawing the reply behind 乐不思蜀. A few months after his death his son 司马炎 took the throne and founded the 晋朝.
