Sun Yat-sen's wife Soong Ching-ling
The manner in which she steered the affairs of the empire has been compared to great female monarchs in history, such as Catherine the Great
Her name was Wu Zetian, and for half a century she ruled China, in one form or another, ruthlessly removing any rivals to secure her authority and efficiently seeing to governance, the economy and the
The name Wu is associated with weapons and military
Wu Zetian (624-705AD) was China's only female Emperor
Empress Wu Zetian was frequently criticized for her deviant behaviors because she barely did what a "good" woman would do, based on virtue standards of more than 1000 years
Victor Xiong, Professor of History and Distinguished Faculty Scholar, College of Arts and Sciences, Western Michigan University
Beyond that, I can suggest one popular history and two academic histories in English that do focus usefully on Wu, which are: Jonathan Clements, Wu: the Chinese Empress Who Schemed, Seduced and Murdered Her Way to Become A Living God
Empress Wu Zetian is a famous and also the only one empress in Chinese history
Meet Wu Zetian 1 Wu Zetian is her post-death name, while she was known as Wu Zhao in life
Ruling China first through puppet emperors from 665 to 690, not unprecedented in Wu Zetian's Way To Power
[1] But she was the only woman in the history of the Empire to claim the title of Emperor in her own
Richard Mann was a fine narrator
Chinese Empress Wu Zetian, from concubine to one of China’s most powerful rulers
Overall a good English-language introduction to Wu Zetian, but not as an academic text
She was born in 625 BC, and became emperor in (690-705BC)
More is unknown about Wu Zetian’s 50-year reign than any other half-century in Tang history
"China's only female emperor was born into a wealthy noble family in 624 CE
The series was reputably the most expensive Chinese drama series ever made, and notable for its endless Costume Porn
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In the history of China, only one woman has ever sat in the imperial throne, and that was Wu Zetian (武则天)
, in what ultimately became an interlude during the much lengthier Tang dynasty that preceded and followed it
Wu Zetian is the main character in Palace of Desire (2000) but not as the female lead (the female lead is her daughter)
Wu was a concubine A 17th-century Chinese depiction of Wu, from Empress Wu of the Zhou, published c
The exact causes of the infant’s death are still a source of speculation for historians
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