Cao Yan

{{Short description|Prince of Guangping and son of Cao Pi (died 223)}}

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| name = Cao Yan
曹儼

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| succession = Prince of Guangping (廣平王)

| reign = 222–223

| reign-type = Tenure

| birth_date = Unknown

| death_date = 223

| house = House of Cao

| father = Cao Pi

| mother = Consort Song

| posthumous name = Prince Ai (哀王)

| full name = Family name: Cao (曹)
Given name: Yan (儼)

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Cao Yan (died 223) was a prince in the state of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was a son of Cao Pi, the first emperor of Wei. His mother, Consort Song (宋姬), was a concubine of Cao Pi.(文皇帝九男： ... 宋姬生廣平哀王儼。) Sanguozhi vol. 20. He was enfeoffed as the Prince of Guangping (廣平王) in 222. After his death in the following year, his princedom was abolished because he had no son to inherit it.(廣平哀王儼，黃初三年封。四年薨。無子。國除。) Sanguozhi vol. 20.