Emperor Zhongzong of Tang

Chinese history to rule as Emperor. Although for centuries, she was painted as a brutal and remorseless person due to her inhumane actions, Empress Wu remains as the most influential and mysterious woman in Chinese history. Born into a wealthy family in 624 A.D., Empress Wu was taught how to write, read Chinese classics and to play music. At the age of fourteen, she became a concubine to Emperor Taizong who favoured her knowledge of literature and history. In 649 A.D., the Emperor died and he was succeeded

Empress Wu ultimately assumed the title of emperor for herself in 690, becoming perhaps the first “dragon lady” and the lone woman to act thus in Chinese imperial history. During her reign, she proved herself the equal of any male emperor in terms of ruthlessness,

Cleopatra is one of the most famous female rulers in history. Cleopatra’s family ruled Eygpt for more than 100 years before she was born around 69 BC. Empress Wu Zetian of Tang Dynasty. She was one of the concubines of Emperor Taizong; she was the empress of Emperor Gaozong; she was the mother of Emperor Zhongzong and Emperor Ruizong; she was once a nun in the temple. But her most glorious title was that

woman became the Emperor, holding power absolutely could not be possible. The men chauvinism affected deeply in the root of each generations, each classes in the society which is heavily feudal as China. But Wu Zetian, from a very normal woman, with her intellect, cunning and also cruelty, she rose to be the Emperor and till now, she was the only female Emperor in Chinese history. I. Introduction Wu Zetian (624-705), the Empress of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, was the only female Emperor in the history

Wu Zetian was born in 624 in Wenshui County, Shanxi Province. In 655 Wu was promoted to the position of Empress. In their time having a woman ruler was unnatural, it was said that Empress Wu was a successful ruler. The Tang dynasty (618-906 AD) was a time of freedom for women. After five years of Wu marriage she took an active part in state affairs and took over the administration after her husband's stroke. Wu was said to be fair to the laborers, lowered taxes, raising agricultural production and

history of imperial China, The Tang dynasty Empress Wu Zetian occupies a unique place. She is the only one Empress that ruled a dynasty in China with its thousand years of history. For almost 50 years she enjoyed the supreme power, first she was in partnership with Tang Gaozong, a ruler usually considered weak and ineffectual, later as de facto regent for her youngest son and finally, from 690 to 705 A.D., as China’s sole female emperor. Her rise from the obscurity of Tang Taizong’s harem was dramatic

It’s a nice, sunny, afternoon after an enduring day at work. She sits in the black, mesh, rolling chair at the desk where she wraps up her unfinished assignments. Still completely dressed up as if ready for a job interview, she sits up straight and prepares for the stream of questions I have fabricated. As I question her, she answers in a formal manner, just like when she prepares for job interviews by speaking to a mirror. Qin Xu was born in Huoqiu, China, in 1965, as the oldest of 5. Her

directed to Queen Victoria of England urging her to end the opium trade between British controlled India and China. The letter was an ultimatum made by Lin on behalf of the Qing emperor to the English Monarch, Queen Victoria. He felt that he had some responsibility in the matter, and desperately wanted to help his Emperor and his country. In this letter he argues that china provides Britain with valuable supplies that Britain’s could not live without such as tea, silk, and spices. In exchange Britain

The Tang Empress Wu Zetian (also known as Empress Wu or as Wu Zhao; ruled China around 690-705 AD) was China’s first female ruler. (Dash, 2012) Pharaoh Hatshepsut was the was the fifth pharaoh between 1508 and 1458 BC of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt and the first women pharaoh (Sayre, 2015). These two were great female rulers during the ancient times and brought different styles of ruling during each of their times as rulers. Cultures over which they ruled, identifying any similarities and differences

Chinese feminism is obviously more noticeable than other cultures due to its feudal and conservative society. Yuan Zhen, who is a famous Chinese writer and politician in Tang Dynasty, has written one of the greatest masterpieces in that time period called The Story of Yingying. In the story, he reflects the awakening of feminism in the Tang Dynasty by describing the love tragedy about Zhang and Cui Yingying as well. However, there are a lot of different distinctions on people’s opinions on this story,