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3 days ago · A strong, charismatic, vengeful, ambitious, well-educated woman who enjoyed her husband's absolute affection, Wu was the most powerful and influential woman at court during a period when the Tang dynasty was at the peak of its glory.
3 days ago · Wu Zetian, the sole recognized empress regnant in Chinese imperial history. Although she entered Emperor Gaozong's court as the lowly consort, Wu Zetian rose to the highest seat of power in 690, establishing the short-lived Wu Zhou.
3 days ago · The oldest person to ascend the imperial throne was in fact a woman. Empress Wu Zetian, China’s sole empress regnant, formally assumed the imperial title at the age of 67 during the Tang dynasty.
3 days ago · Puyi (right) as Emperor of Manchukuo, with Chū Kudō. From 1935 to 1945, Kwantung Army senior staff officer Yoshioka Yasunori (吉岡安則)[135]was assigned to Puyi as Attaché to the Imperial Household in Manchukuo.
3 days ago · A two-part television programme featuring the mausoleum of Wu Zetian, China's only ruling empress, will be aired on CCTV 10 at 9:25 pm on Saturday and Sunday evening. Each part will last 42 minutes.
4 days ago · 1. Hua Mulan (花木蘭) Hua Mulan is easily the most well-known legendary Chinese female warrior worldwide, thanks to movies such as Disney's Mulan (1998) and the 2020 live-action remake. Within East Asia, there have also been several film and television adaptations of her story since the 1920s.
1 day ago · And it’s highly unlikely that Wu Zetian, empress from 690-705 CE during the Tang Dynasty, was involved in the construction of pagodas because it was hundreds of miles away from her court in central China, they have said.
