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Empress Wu (died September or October 245), [a] personal name Wu Xian (Chinese: 吳莧) [2], formally known as Empress Mu (literally "the Just Empress"), was an empress of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period. She was the last wife and the only empress of Liu Bei, the founding emperor of Shu Han, and a younger sister of Wu Yi.
In 660, Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu toured Bian Prefecture (modern-day Taiyuan), and Empress Wu had the opportunity to invite her old neighbors and relatives to a feast. [28] Later that year, Emperor Gaozong began to suffer from an illness that carried the symptoms of painful headaches and loss of vision, generally thought to be hypertension ...
The Shadow of Empress Wu; W. The War of Greedy Witches; Wu Zetian (1995 TV series) Wu Zi Bei Ge; Y. Young Sherlock (Chinese TV series) Z. Lady Wu: The First Empress
An empress dowager who lived through the reigns of at least two subsequent emperors would be called grand empress dowager (太皇太后; tàihuángtàihòu). The other imperial consorts of the former emperor would be addressed as dowager (太; tài) according to their rank, but it was not required.
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Deposed Empress Wu (吳廢后; 15th century – 1509) was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, married to Zhu Jianshen, the Chenghua Emperor. Empress Wu originated from the capital city of Beijing. In 1464, she was selected to be the first consort of the newly crowned emperor and chosen to become his empress.
On Monday’s "Late Night With Seth Meyers," Constance Wu revealed why she finally decided to open up about being sexually harassed on her hit series, "Fresh Off the Boat."
Wu was China's only empress, and she exercised her power by introducing many reforms. In addition to changing the way people dressed, she wanted to change the words people used. Empress Wu's written reforms resulted in new characters, which were not created from scratch, but borrowed elements of older characters.