190s) was a military officer serving under the warlord Lü Bu in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China.
Gao Shun led his soldiers to Lü Bu's office and drove away the rebels, who fled back to their own camp.
[1] Cao Xing refused to betray Lü Bu so he turned against Hao Meng and fought with his superior.
[2] In the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Xing played a greater role in the events preceding the Battle of Xiapi in 198.
While pursuing Gao Shun, Xiahou Dun was hit in the left eye by an arrow fired by Cao Xing.