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Wu Zetian's reign was a pivotal moment for the imperial examination system. The reason for this was because up until that point, the Tang rulers had all been male members of the Li family. Wu Zetian, who officially took the title of emperor in 690, was a woman outside the Li family who needed an alternative base of power.
Wu was a concubine of Emperor Taizong; after his death she married his successor and 9th son, Emperor Gaozong, officially becoming Gaozong's furen, in 655, although previously having considerable political power prior to this. Gaozong had a debilitating stroke in 660, after which Wu Zetian ruled as effective sovereign until 705. [1]
Married Tang Yishi (唐義識／唐义识), a son of Tang Jian, in 637, and had issue (one son) Lady of Beauty, of the Xiao clan (美人 萧氏) Lady of Talent, of the Wu clan; 624–705, personal name Mei (媚), known commonly as Wu Zetian; Lady of Talent, of the Cui clan of Qinghe (才人 清河崔氏) Lady of Talent, of the Xiao clan (才人 ...
Li Longji was born at the Tang dynasty eastern capital Luoyang in 685, during the first reign of his father Emperor Ruizong (Li Dan) – but at that time, Emperor Ruizong's mother Empress Dowager Wu (later known as Wu Zetian), not Emperor Ruizong, was in actual control of power as empress dowager and regent.
Wu Zetian. The following is a list of the ... (born and died 654 ... (685-710), presumably Li Guo'er (李裹儿) married Wu Chongxun (武崇训) with one son Wu Jizhi ...
Li Xiǎn [10] was born in 656, as the seventh son of his father Emperor Gaozong and the third son of his mother, Emperor Gaozong's second wife Empress Wu (later known as Wu Zetian). In 657, he was created the Prince of Zhou and nominally made the prefect of the eastern capital prefecture Luo Prefecture (洛州, roughly modern Luoyang , Henan ).
Zhou, known in historiography as the Wu Zhou (Chinese: 武周), was a short-lived Chinese imperial dynasty that existed between 690 and 705. The dynasty consisted of the reign of one empress regnant, Wu Zhao (Wu Zetian), who usurped the throne of her son, the Emperor Ruizong of Tang, in 690.
Wei Yuanzhong was born during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang, probably in the 630s. [2] His family was from Songzhou.He was originally named Wei Zhenzai, but later changed his name to observe naming taboo for Lady Yang, the mother of Emperor Gaozong's second wife Empress Wu (later known as Wu Zetian). [3]