Lady Ding (simplified: 丁夫人, traditional: 丁夫人, pinyin: Dīng Fūrén) was Cao Cao’s first wife. She had no children of her own and raised Cao Ang (Cao Cao’s eldest son by Lady Liu) and Princess Qinghe as her own. She disliked Lady Bian and refused her offer of friendship. In 197 Cao Ang was killed at the Battle of Wancheng. Lady Ding blamed Cao Cao, saying he had ‘taken her son and killed him’; she wept bitterly and Cao Cao sent her back to her family. When he later tried to reconcile, she would not speak to him and they divorced. She died around 220 and never remarried. Cao Cao is said to have regretted the divorce; Lady Bian, by then his principal wife, arranged Lady Ding’s burial with respect.
Lady Ding 丁夫人
Cao Cao's first wife; raised Cao Ang and Princess Qinghe; left Cao Cao after Cao Ang's death at Wancheng (197) and refused reconciliation; died c. 220.