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Empress Wu Zetian 1

Author : Nangong Bo
Publisher : Great Wall Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (246 download)

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Download or read book Empress Wu Zetian 1 written by Nangong Bo and published by Great Wall Publishing. This book was released on 2023-08-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the great dynasties of China there are many tales of corruption, espionage, and intrigue, but perhaps no tale is more intriguing than the rise of China's first and only female Emperor, Wu Zetian (624-705) . In the hierarchies of Imperial China, there are many who call themselves empress, and there are many who held sway over their weak-minded emperor husbands, but only Wu Zetian reached the pinnacle when at the age of 65 she usurped her son and became the undisputed Empress of Tang Dynasty China. Empress Wu Zetian was the only female emperor in Chinese history, honored as the Holy and Divine Emperor of Wu Zhou. Her original name was Wu Mei Niang, and she changed her name to Wu Zhao after ascending the throne. She entered the palace as a concubine of Emperor Taizong of Tang, but she had a close relationship with the future Emperor Gaozong, Li Chih. After Emperor Taizong's death, she entered the Gan Ye Temple and became a nun. The power struggle in the harem brought her back to the palace, where she successfully eliminated her rivals and was made Empress in 655. She participated in politics and was known as the "Two Saints" along with Emperor Gaozong. After Emperor Gaozong's death, she controlled the government. In 690, she ascended to the throne and proclaimed herself the Holy Emperor, changing Luoyang to the Divine Capital and the country's name to Zhou. This period is known as the Southern Zhou or Wu Zhou in history. This book starts its plot from the time when Wu Zetian was constrained in Gan Ye Temple after the former Emperor (Taizong) was deceased and how the new Emperor (Gaozong) brought her to the court again. Later, she gradually realized her dream of becoming the most powerful woman in the palace through bloody struggles and bold strategies. She had outstanding abilities in governing the country, but in the power struggle within the palace, she showed an extremely cruelty, being ruthless and killing innocent people. In order to clear obstacles and eliminate political enemies in the struggle for imperial power, she carried out bloody killings time and time again, not even sparing her own descendants.

Wu Zetian: First Empress of China

Author : Jeannie Meekins
Publisher : Learning Island
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wu Zetian: First Empress of China written by Jeannie Meekins and published by Learning Island. This book was released on 2019-03-02 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wu Zetian was an intelligent and ambitious woman. She married Emperor Gaizong of the Tang Dynasty and became Empress. But Wu wasn’t satisfied. She wanted to rule in her own right. She was determined to become Emperor of China and killed anyone who stood in her way – even her own children. Find out more about this legendary ruler in this 15-minute children's biography. Ages 10 and up. Reading Level: 6.8 Learning Island believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Many books are appropriate for hi-lo readers. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.

Emperor Wu Zhao and Her Pantheon of Devis, Divinities, and Dynastic Mothers

Author : N. Harry Rothschild
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231539185
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Emperor Wu Zhao and Her Pantheon of Devis, Divinities, and Dynastic Mothers written by N. Harry Rothschild and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wu Zhao (624–705), better known as Wu Zetian or Empress Wu, is the only woman to have ruled China as emperor over the course of its 5,000-year history. How did she—in a predominantly patriarchal and androcentric society—ascend the dragon throne? Exploring a mystery that has confounded scholars for centuries, this multifaceted history suggests that China's rich pantheon of female divinities and eminent women played an integral part in the construction of Wu Zhao's sovereignty. Wu Zhao deftly deployed language, symbol, and ideology to harness the cultural resonance, maternal force, divine energy, and historical weight of Buddhist devis, Confucian exemplars, Daoist immortals, and mythic goddesses, establishing legitimacy within and beyond the confines of Confucian ideology. Tapping into powerful subterranean reservoirs of female power, Wu Zhao built a pantheon of female divinities carefully calibrated to meet her needs at court. Her pageant was promoted in scripted rhetoric, reinforced through poetry, celebrated in theatrical productions, and inscribed on steles. Rendered with deft political acumen and aesthetic flair, these affiliations significantly enhanced Wu Zhao's authority and cast her as the human vessel through which the pantheon's divine energy flowed. Her strategy is a model of political brilliance and proof that medieval Chinese women enjoyed a more complex social status than previously known.

Empress Wu Zetian in Fiction and in History

Author : Dora Shu-fang Dien
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Empress Wu Zetian in Fiction and in History written by Dora Shu-fang Dien and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the dynastic history of China, Wu Zetian was the one woman who attained the status of emperor in her own right. A stone tablet marking her mausoleum was left blank, reportedly at her request because she wanted the future world to assess her. And her rise in the patriarchal system supported by Confucianism did later inspire many novelists and playwrights. Dien's slim study looks at the rise and achievements of the historical empress, her influence in the form of defiant woman who appear in legend and fiction, and (very briefly) the state of urban gender equality today. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Empress Wu Zetian

Author : Laurel A. Rockefeller
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781523659869
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (598 download)

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Download or read book Empress Wu Zetian written by Laurel A. Rockefeller and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-01-23 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most hated woman in Chinese history! Born in 624 CE in Wenshui County in Shanxi province, very little was expected of the beautiful and bright Wu Zhao (reign title Wu Zetian)-- except that she would be trouble to any man unlucky enough to marry her. The very opposite of a virtuous maiden by most interpretations of the Analects of Confucius, Wu Zhao was not only bright, but highly educated and equally ambitious. Harshly judged by both contemporaries and generations of Chinese scholars since, the one thing everyone can agree upon about Empress Wu: the world is a vastly different place because she dared what no other woman of her time dreamed was possible. This is her true story, a truly legendary woman of world history.

Empress Wu Zetian

Author : Laurel A Rockefeller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (463 download)

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Download or read book Empress Wu Zetian written by Laurel A Rockefeller and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-16 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most hated woman in Chinese history! Born in 624 CE in Wenshui County in Shanxi province, very little was expected of the beautiful and bright Wu Zhao (reign title Wu Zetian) -- except that she would be trouble to any man unlucky enough to marry her. The very opposite of a virtuous maiden by most interpretations of the Analects of Confucius, Wu Zhao was not only bright, but highly educated and equally ambitious. Harshly judged by both contemporaries and generations of Chinese scholars since, the one thing everyone can agree upon about Empress Wu: the world is a vastly different place because she dared what no other woman of her time dreamed was possible. This is her true story, a truly legendary woman of world history. Student - Teacher Edition features challenging study questions after every chapter, plus a detailed timeline, and an extensive suggested reading list.

Rejected Princesses

Author : Jason Porath
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062405381
Total Pages : 653 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Rejected Princesses written by Jason Porath and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blending the iconoclastic feminism of The Notorious RBG and the confident irreverence of Go the F**ck to Sleep, a brazen and empowering illustrated collection that celebrates inspirational badass women throughout history, based on the popular Tumblr blog. Well-behaved women seldom make history. Good thing these women are far from well behaved . . . Illustrated in a contemporary animation style, Rejected Princesses turns the ubiquitous "pretty pink princess" stereotype portrayed in movies, and on endless toys, books, and tutus on its head, paying homage instead to an awesome collection of strong, fierce, and yes, sometimes weird, women: warrior queens, soldiers, villains, spies, revolutionaries, and more who refused to behave and meekly accept their place. An entertaining mix of biography, imagery, and humor written in a fresh, young, and riotous voice, this thoroughly researched exploration salutes these awesome women drawn from both historical and fantastical realms, including real life, literature, mythology, and folklore. Each profile features an eye-catching image of both heroic and villainous women in command from across history and around the world, from a princess-cum-pirate in fifth century Denmark, to a rebel preacher in 1630s Boston, to a bloodthirsty Hungarian countess, and a former prostitute who commanded a fleet of more than 70,000 men on China’s seas.

Wu Zhao

Author : N. Harry Rothschild
Publisher : Pearson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wu Zhao written by N. Harry Rothschild and published by Pearson. This book was released on 2008 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story chronicles Wu Zhao's humble beginnings as the daughter of a provincial official and follows her path to the inner palace, where she improbably rose from a fifth-ranked concubine to emperor. Using Buddhist rhetoric, architecture, court rituals, and a network of "cruel officials" to cow her many opponents in court, Wu Zhao inaugurated a new dynasty in 690, the Zhou. She ruled as emperor for fifteen years, proving eminently competent in the art of governance, balancing factions in court, staving off the encroachment of Turks and Tibetans, and fostering the state's economic growth.

Empress Wu Zetian

Author : Laurel A. Rockefeller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781311467935
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (679 download)

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Download or read book Empress Wu Zetian written by Laurel A. Rockefeller and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most hated woman in Chinese history!Travel back in time over one thousand years and meet the first and only female emperor of China. Born Wu Zhao and given the reign title "Zetian" just weeks before her death in 705 CE, she was the unwanted daughter of Chancellor Wu Shihuo -- too bright, too educated, and too politically focused to make a good wife according to contemporary interpretations of the Analects of Confucius.Can it be any wonder that to this day she remains the most hated woman in all of Chinese history and one of its most controversial?Explore the life of Empress Wu and discover why the world is a vastly different place because she dared what no woman in China before or since ever dreamed of.

Wu

Author : Jonathan Clements
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781909771109
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book Wu written by Jonathan Clements and published by . This book was released on 2014-12-24 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Empress Wu the Great

Author : X. L. Woo
Publisher : Algora Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0875866611
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book Empress Wu the Great written by X. L. Woo and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Iron Widow

Author : Xiran Jay Zhao
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735269947
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Iron Widow written by Xiran Jay Zhao and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An instant #1 New York Times bestseller! Pacific Rim meets The Handmaid's Tale in this blend of Chinese history and mecha science fiction for YA readers. The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the mecha aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall. It doesn't matter that the girls often die from the mental strain. When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, it's to assassinate the ace male pilot responsible for her sister's death. But she gets her vengeance in a way nobody expected—she kills him through the psychic link between pilots and emerges from the cockpit unscathed. She is labeled an Iron Widow, a much-feared and much-silenced kind of female pilot who can sacrifice boys to power up Chrysalises instead. To tame her unnerving yet invaluable mental strength, she is paired up with Li Shimin, the strongest and most controversial male pilot in Huaxia. But now that Zetian has had a taste of power, she will not cower so easily. She will miss no opportunity to leverage their combined might and infamy to survive attempt after attempt on her life, until she can figure out exactly why the pilot system works in its misogynist way—and stop more girls from being sacrificed.

Heavenly Empress：The Age of Wu Zetian

Author : Victor Cunrui Xiong
Publisher : AinoscoPress
ISBN 13 : 9866286800
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (662 download)

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Download or read book Heavenly Empress：The Age of Wu Zetian written by Victor Cunrui Xiong and published by AinoscoPress. This book was released on 2023-05-01 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the long span of human history to the twentieth century, almost all great leaders of empires and states were men, with few exceptions. One of them was Heavenly Empress Wu Zetian. She is the only female ruler in history to have replaced a powerful dynasty with her own in a major country and crowned herself emperor of China. This book is about how this daughter of a concubine, who began life in the palace as a lowly concubine of Emperor Taizong (see Heavenly Khan) at a very young age, overcame all obstacles in a man-dominated world and rose to the summit of power in medieval China.

Empress

Author : Shan Sa
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061983136
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book Empress written by Shan Sa and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Such is the voice of Shan Sa's unforgettable heroine in her latest literary masterpiece, Empress. Empress Wu, one of China's most controversial figures, was its first and only female emperor, who emerged in the seventh century during the great Tang Dynasty and ushered in a golden age. Throughout history, her name has been defamed and her story distorted by those taking vengeance on a woman who dared to become emperor. But now, for the first time in thirteen centuries, Empress Wu (or Heavenlight, as we come to know her) flings open the gates of the Forbidden City and tells her own astonishing tale—revealing a fascinating, complex figure who in many ways remains modern to this day. Writing with epic assurance, poetry, and vivid historic detail, Shan Sa plumbs the psychological and philosophical depths of what it means to be a striving mortal in a tumultuous, power-hungry world. Empress is a great literary feat and a revelation for the ages.

Women Shall Not Rule

Author : Keith McMahon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1442222905
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Women Shall Not Rule written by Keith McMahon and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinese emperors guaranteed male successors by taking multiple wives, in some cases hundreds and even thousands. Women Shall Not Rule offers a fascinating history of imperial wives and concubines, especially in light of the greatest challenges to polygamous harmony—rivalry between women and their attempts to engage in politics. Besides ambitious empresses and concubines, these vivid stories of the imperial polygamous family are also populated with prolific emperors, wanton women, libertine men, cunning eunuchs, and bizarre cases of intrigue and scandal among rival wives. Keith McMahon, a leading expert on the history of gender in China, draws upon decades of research to describe the values and ideals of imperial polygamy and the ways in which it worked and did not work in real life. His rich sources are both historical and fictional, including poetic accounts and sensational stories told in pornographic detail. Displaying rare historical breadth, his lively and fascinating study will be invaluable as a comprehensive and authoritative resource for all readers interested in the domestic life of royal palaces across the world.

Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor

Author : Xiran Jay Zhao
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1665900725
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (659 download)

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Download or read book Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor written by Xiran Jay Zhao and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Percy Jackson meets Tristan Strong in this hilarious middle grade “edge-of-your-seat adventure” (James Ponti, New York Times bestselling author of City Spies) that follows a young boy as he journeys across China to seal the underworld shut and save the mortal realm. Zachary Ying never had many opportunities to learn about his Chinese heritage. His single mom was busy enough making sure they got by, and his schools never taught anything except Western history and myths. So Zack is woefully unprepared when he discovers he was born to host the spirit of the First Emperor of China for a vital mission: sealing the leaking portal to the Chinese underworld before the upcoming Ghost Month blows it wide open. The mission takes an immediate wrong turn when the First Emperor botches his attempt to possess Zack’s body and binds to Zack’s AR gaming headset instead, leading to a battle where Zack’s mom’s soul gets taken by demons. Now, with one of history’s most infamous tyrants yapping in his headset, Zack must journey across China to heist magical artifacts and defeat figures from history and myth, all while learning to wield the emperor’s incredible water dragon powers. And if Zack can’t finish the mission in time, the spirits of the underworld will flood into the mortal realm, and he could lose his mom forever.

Wu Tse-T'len and the Politics of Legitimation in T'ang China

Author : R. W. L. Guisso
Publisher : Western Washington University, Center for East Asian Studies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Wu Tse-T'len and the Politics of Legitimation in T'ang China written by R. W. L. Guisso and published by Western Washington University, Center for East Asian Studies. This book was released on 1989 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: