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Wu Jian , posthumously honored as Emperor Zhao'an 昭安皇帝 (with the temple name of Liezu 烈祖) Great-grandmother Lady Song, Wu Jian's wife, posthumously honored as Empress Zhao'an (昭安皇后) Grandfather Wu Hua , posthumously honored as Emperor Wenmu 文穆皇帝 (with the temple name of Xianzu 顯祖), sired 4 sons.
First version of modified character of "Zhao" Second version of modified character of "Zhao" Text from Wu Zetian-era stele dedicated to Ji Jin (姬晉), the crown prince of King Ling of Zhou, recorded in legends as having risen to heaven to become a god; under the cosmology of Wu Zetian's reign, her lover Zhang Changzong was a reincarnation of ...
Wu Zhao 武曌 624–705 ... The following is a simplified family tree for the Liao dynasty, which ruled much of northern China between 907 and 1125.
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.
Zhao (/ dʒ aʊ /; [1] traditional Chinese: 趙; simplified Chinese: 赵; pinyin: Zhào; Wade–Giles: Chao⁴) is a Chinese-language surname. [note 1] The name is first in the Hundred Family Surnames – the traditional list of all Chinese surnames – because it was the emperor's surname of the Song dynasty (960–1279) when the list was compiled.
In 771 BC, a coalition of feudal lords and the Western Rong tribes overthrew King You and drove the Zhou out of the Wei valley.During the following Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, the major states pursued independent policies and eventually declared full independence claiming the title 王 borne by Zhou rulers.
Zhao Wu died before the year of 537 BCE. His son Zhao Cheng succeeded him. [10] Throughout his life, Zhao Wu had been known as an impartial man. In his funeral, people who do not know him well attended because they received the recommendation from Zhao Wu according to their actual talent instead of their political bond with Zhao. [11]
Lady Zhao (pinyin: Zhào Jī; died 243 CE) was a female historian and scholar during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Hailing from Yuyang County in Yuzhou, she served as a palace maid in the Eastern Wu kingdom and was known for her intelligence and literary talents.