Empress Dowager Bian (December 30, 159 – July 9, 230), personal name unknown, formally known as Empress Wuxuan (武宣皇后; literally: "The Martial and Knowing Empress"), was an empress dowager of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history. She was the second wife of the late Han Dynasty warlord Cao Cao, and mother of Cao Wei's first emperor, Cao Pi.
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