265
265 — China: Cao Wei instituted the nine-rank system of civil servants
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| - Cao Wei instituted the nine-rank system of civil servants.
- September — Sima Zhao died. His eldest son and heir, Sima Yan, inherited his position as regent of Cao Wei and noble title of King of Jin.
- Pei Xiu introduced the grid reference and the concept of scale to Chinese mapmaking.
- 263Conquest of Shu by Wei
- 263Liu Hui published a revised version of The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art.
- 264September — Sun Xiu died.
- 264滅蜀元勳鍾會及姜維叛變，被司馬昭平定，钟会及姜维被殺。
- 264Sun Quan's grandson Sun Hao was made emperor of Eastern Wu.
- 266司馬炎篡魏自立，國號晉，曹魏滅亡。
- 266February — Cao Huan, last emperor of Cao Wei, abdicated in favour of Sima Yan.
- 267February — Emperor Wu of Jin established his oldest living son, the developmentally disabled Sima Zhong, as Heir.
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- 266Toyo sends an embassy to Emperor Wu of Jin.
- 266倭国の台与が西晋に遣使。
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