Cai Mao

Who was Cai Mao?

Cai Mao was of the gentry of the Jing province during the late Han Dynasty of Chinese history. He was from a local influential clan of Nan Commandery and served the Jing province governor Liu Biao, who took Cai Mao's sister as his second wife.

While Liu Biao lay dying, Cai Mao prevented Liu Biao's eldest son Liu Qi from seeing him because Cai Mao and his sister favoured Liu Biao's other son Liu Cong. Liu Cong succeeded his father when he died, but soon surrendered to the invading army of Cao Cao.

As a childhood friend of Cao Cao, Cai Mao received numerous ranks and positions after Jing province was conquered by Cao Cao.