cao xiong (birth and death dates unknown) was a son of cao cao, a warlord who rose to power towards the end of the han dynasty and laid the foundation of the state of cao wei in the three kingdoms period of china. not much was recorded in history about cao xiong, except that he died at a relatively young age. his mother was lady bian, who also bore cao cao another three sons – cao pi, cao zhang and cao zhi. cao xiong was the youngest of the four.