emperor wu 武则天简介

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Wu Zetian is the only woman known as emperor in China's history.In the society of human rights, just as emperors concubine, she finally became the master of the whole nation, which have caused the disputes of Chinese society as long as 1,000 years.
Since became an queen in 655, Wu Zetian intervened the state affairs for 29 years, administrated a country for 21 years independently, which formed her 50 years?? time. As a emperor, Wu Zetian is an ironhanded person who had left a man's impression, but also she is an exceptionally outstanding woman . As a woman, she is as sweet as honey too. Famous poet Li Bai, once regarded her as one of the seven sages in T ang Dynasty.
内容简介
武则天是中国历史上唯一一位被称为皇帝的女人。

在男权社会里，她以一介嫔妃的身份，成为举国之主宰，引起了此后中国社会1000多年的争议。

从655年做皇后开始，武则天干预朝政29年，独立治国21年，统治时间前后长达50年之久。

作为一代女皇，武则天是一个铁腕人物，给人留下了女中须眉的印象，但她也是一个才华出众的女子。

作为女人，她也有情意缠绵，柔情似水的一面。

著名诗人
李白，就把武则天列为唐朝“七圣”之一。

Wuzetian - China's First Woman Emperor
Wu Zetian, personal name Wu Zhao, often referred to as Tian Hou during Tang Dynasty and Empress Consort Wu in later times, was the only woman in the history of China to assume the title of Empress Regnant. As de facto ruler of China first through her husband and her sons from 665 to 690, not unprecedented in Chinese history, she then broke all precedents when she founded her own dynasty in 690, the Zhou (interrupting the Tang Dynasty), and ruled personally under the name Sacred and Divine Empress Regnant and variations thereof from 690 to 705. Her rise and reign has been criticized harshly by Confucian historians but has been viewed under a different light after the 1950s.
Wu Zetian entered the Tang palace at 13 and became a concubine of Emperor Taizong. She did not become a favorite of Taizong's, and after his death in 649, she might have been expected to spend the rest of her life as a Buddhist nun, like his other childless concubines
However, through an unlikely fortuity -- that Empress Wang, the wife and empress of Emperor Taizong's son and successor Emperor Gaozong, wanted another beautiful concubine to divert Emperor Gaozong's favors from Consort Xiao, with whom Empress Wang was having a desperate struggle, Empress Wang had her brought back to the palace and made a concubine of Emperor Gaozong. Consort Wu proceeded to defeat both Empress Wang and Consort Xiao in the struggle for Emperor Gaozong's affection, and subsequently, both Empress Wang and Consort Xiao were killed, and she was made empress
She progressively gained more and more influence over the governance of the empire throughout Emperor Gaozong's reign, and toward the end of Emperor Gaozong's reign, she was effectively making most of the major decisions. She was regarded as ruthless in her endeavors to grab power, and was believed by traditional historians to have even killed her own daughter to frame Empress Wang, and her own eldest son Li Hong in a power struggle. She subsequently had another son, Li Xian, deposed and exiled
After Emperor Gaozong's death in 683, Empress Wu became empress dowager and proceeded to depose a third son, Emperor
Zhongzong, for displaying independence. She then had her youngest son Emperor Ruizong made emperor, but was ruler not only in substance but in appearance as well, as she presided over imperial gatherings and prevented Emperor Ruizong from taking an active role in governance. In 690, she had Emperor Ruizong yield the throne to her and established the Zhou Dynasty.
The early part of her reign was characterized by secret police terror, which moderated as the years went by. She was, on the other hand, recognized as a capable and attentive ruler even by traditional historians who despised her, and her ability at selecting capable men to serve as officials was admired throughout the rest of the Tang Dynasty as well as in subsequent dynasties. In 705, she was overthrown in a coup, and Emperor Zhongzong was returned to the throne. She continued to carry the title of "emperor" until her death later in the year.。