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1431: 1592:, filling government positions by skills demonstrated in written examinations, and opening them up to men of all classes. She followed this with popular promotions and increased salaries. Wu issued Acts of Grace and other decrees of relief for the commons, and funded religious activities. However, toward the end of her reign she lost popular support due to the influence of the two young Zhang brothers she took as lovers and the resulting corruption in government. When her court officials intervened, they killed the Zhang brothers, Wu Zetian abdicated the next day, and the so-called Zhou dynasty fizzled to an end with the restoration of the Tang. Nevertheless, some of Wu Zetian's achievements have left their mark on history, such as the emphasis in subsequent Chinese history on merit-based examinations, as well as extant monuments, including huge parts of 1331: 348: 1554: 66: 1443: 1378: 1588:. Wu's reign resulted in a greater level of Chinese imperial power both externally and internally. This was accomplished along with diminishing the power of the old official class, drawn from the traditionally powerful clans, thus greatly changing the dynamics of power in China. Wu Zetian greatly enhanced the prestige and effectiveness of the 1565: 1544:
Nevertheless, historically (rather than according to novels) her reign began and continued with extensive violence, combined with the use of secret police and a network of informers. The debate about Wu's use of violence and coercion is more as to how some of it may have been exaggerated and how much
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of Zhou once she became ruler in name also. Beginning in 655, Wu began to preside over court meetings in the name of the emperor, and she co-ruled with Emperor Gaozong until his death. After Gaozong's death, she ruled in name of her sons, who reigned officially as puppet emperors, and power was
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of it was necessary for her own survival, particularly given the animosity of the clans of old nobility of the northern China plain that adamantly opposed her, together with a social and political system which found a woman of her accomplishments to be anathema solely on the basis of gender.
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claimed to have found a document predicting the reign of a woman of great merit who would become universal ruler In support of her imperial ambitions, Wu Zetian also proclaimed herself "Sage Mother", having statues of
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The Unwritten Monument, erected by Wu Zetian without the usual inscribing of text, due to her view that what she had to express was too sublime to be expressed in words. Located in the
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completely and solely in her hands. In 690, she deposed her son, Emperor Ruizong, and declared herself Huangdi (emperor) of her Zhou Dynasty.
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regent for her husband, Emperor Gaozong, or her sons, giving her a head-start in accomplishing her aims, which she then consolidated as
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as the reincarnation of Vimalaprabha. This document was presented to Wu Zetian two months before the proclamation of the Zhou Dynasty.
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The Wu Zhou dynasty had many achievements both in a broader historical sense as well as in contrast to the reigns of Emperors
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Traditionalist Chinese historiography considers the dynasty as a period of the Tang dynasty, as Wu was also the former
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poetry anthology was published, the poets of which were very influential to the subsequent flourishing of
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Wu Zetian became a very active supporter of Buddhism. Furthermore, she claimed to be an incarnation of
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This article is about an interregnal period of the Tang dynasty. For other dynasties named Zhou, see
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from the end of Gaozu's reign and even more so during her Zhou dynasty period, during which the
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Chronicle of the Chinese Emperors: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial China
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anthology of Tang poetry. Wu Zetian and her court left a remarkable legacy of
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whose reigns bracketed hers, and in contrast to her weak and sickly husband
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Before her coronation, Wu Zhao (as she was then known), was often acting as
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that existed between 690 and 705. The dynasty consisted of the reign of one
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Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade: The Realignment of India–China Relations
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Model of Bright Hall of Luoyang commissioned by Wu Zetian (original 294
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The dynasty's capital was Shendu (神都 "Divine Capital", present-day
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as "an outstanding manifestation of human artistic creativity"
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Commentary on the Meaning of the Prophecy about Shenhuang
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Chen gui and Other Works Attributed to Emperor Wu Zetian
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Chen gui and Other Works Attributed to Emperor Wu Zetian
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