Her half-brothers Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang and cousins Wu Weiliang and Wu Huaiyun, despite the poor relationships that they had with Lady Yang, were promoted. Chu, who had died in 658, was posthumously stripped of his titles, and his sons Chu Yanfu (褚彥甫) and Chu Yanchong (褚彥沖) were executed. In 654 CE, Wu had a daughter who died soon after birth. Individuals she promoted in her old age included, among others, Cui Xuanwei and Zhang Jiazhen. I was a lady in waiting attending Emperor Taizong, and I suggested to him, "I only need three things to subordinate it: an iron whip, an iron hammer, and a sharp dagger. Empress Wang did this in order to receive Consort Liu's gratitude. Empress Wu Zetian (624-705) of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) was the only female monarch of China, and ruled the empire for over half a century. The fubing system of self-supportive soldier-farmer colonies, which provided local militia and labor services for her government, allowed her to maintain her armed forces at reduced expense. After re-entering the Emperor Gaozong's harem, she clashed with Empress Wang and Consort Xiao to gain the emperor's affection, and eventually expelled and killed them in a series of her skillful sedition. No matter what caused the death of the child, Consort Wu blamed Empress Wang for it, and as a result, tried to find a way to remove Empress Wang from her position. Traditional Chinese order of succession (akin to the Salic law in Europe) did not allow a woman to ascend the throne, but Wu Zetian was determined to quash the opposition and the use of the secret police did not subside, but continued, after her taking the throne. However, shortly after birth, her daughter died with evidence suggesting deliberate strangulation. Although Carlton's observation is accurate, the box also did provide Wu with a number of ideas for reform which came directly from the people, not government officials who would have profited from them, and which Wu implemented efficiently. Under her 40-year reign, China grew larger, corruption in the court was reduced, its culture and economy were revitalised, and it was recognized as one of the great powers of the world. Gradually, many of the victims of Lai and the other secret police officials were exonerated posthumously. In the same year, a total eclipse of the sun was visible across China. These characters were supposed to replace between 10 and 30 of the older characters and were Wu's attempt to change the way her people thought and wrote. When Wu Zetian heard of what An did, she had doctors attend to An and barely save his life, and then ordered Lai to end the investigation, thus saving Li Dan. When Emperor Gaozong was coming, Empress … In 659, she had Xu accuse Zhangsun Wuji of plotting treason with the low-level officials Wei Jifang (韋季方) and Li Chao (李巢). Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang died in effective exile. In 704 CE, court officials could no longer tolerate Wu's behavior and had the Zhang brothers murdered. No area of Chinese life was untouched by Empress Wu and her reforms were so popular because the suggestions came from the people. Collectively, they became known as the "North Gate Scholars" (北門學士), because they served inside the palace, which was to the north of the imperial government buildings, and Empress Wu sought advice from them to divert the powers of the chancellors. She was also able to re-open the Silk Road, which had been closed because of the plague of 682 CE and later raids by nomads. A strong, politician, charismatic, cunning, vengeful, ambitious and well-educated woman who enjoyed the absolute interest of her husband, Empress Wu was the most powerful and influential woman at court during a period when the Tang Empire was at the peak of its glory. Wu had him exiled and placed under house arrest. The old area of the Qin state was later referred to as Guanzhong, literally, the area "within the fortified mountain passes". [note 15]. Wu had already poisoned the crown prince Li Hong and had enough other princes exiled that her third son, Li Zhe, was made heir apparent. Li Zhe took the throne (as Emperor Zhongzong), but Empress Wu retained the real authority as empress dowager and regent.[20]. [4], Wu Zetian used her military and diplomatic skills to enhance her position. Wu had her youngest son Li Dan made emperor, known as his temple name Ruizong. Wu Zetian came to power during a time in China in which the people were fairly contented, the administration was run well, and the economy was characterized by rising living standards. In 6900 she dropped the charade and took the throne herself as Wu Zetian, proclaiming the start of a new Zhou Dynasty. Shéngōng (神功): 29 September – 19 December 697 (2 ½ months) This opportunity allowed her to continue to pursue her education. When she saw she would not be able to control the court as her mother did, she killed herself and Xuanzong decreed that no member of Wu's family would be allowed to hold public office because of their ruthless scheming and underhanded politics. After further accusations against the Zhang brothers by Huan and Song Jing, Wu Zetian allowed Song to investigate, but before the investigation was completed, she issued a pardon for Zhang Yizhi, derailing Song's investigation. They also were fearful that if Wu Zetian died, Wei would find a way to execute them, and therefore accused Wei and Gao Jian (高戩), an official favoured by Princess Taiping, of speculating on Wu Zetian's old age and death. Ruizong was also a disappointment to her and so she forced him to abdicate in 690 CE and proclaimed herself Emperor Zeitan, ruler of China, the first and only woman to sit on the Dragon Throne and reign in her own name and by her own authority. (Helan was also said to have had an incestuous relationship with his grandmother Lady Yang.) Other interesting facts about Empress Wu Due to the fact that Wu’s Zhou dynasty came to being and ended during Wu’s lifetime, some scholars don’t consider it a full-fledged dynasty. In 652 CE, Wu gave birth to a son, Li Hong, and in 653 CE had another son, Li Xian. In 683 CE, when Wu began manipulating events as a man would, one Confucian scholar wrote that nature had been reversed by the 'usurping woman' and "throughout the empire in every prefecture hens changed into roosters, or half changed" (Rothschild, 108). They ruled as divine monarchs until Gaozong's death in 683 CE. Ancient History Encyclopedia Limited is a non-profit company registered in the United Kingdom. [citation needed], In the early period of the Tang dynasty, because all the emperors were her direct descendants, the evaluation for Wu Zetian were relatively positive. Some Rights Reserved (2009-2021) under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license unless otherwise noted. [note 12], Shortly after Wu Zetian took the throne, she elevated the status of Buddhism above that of Taoism, officially sanctioning Buddhism by building temples named Dayun Temple (大雲寺) in each prefecture belonging to the capital regions of the two capitals Luoyang and Chang'an, and created nine senior monks as dukes. The Song dynasty historian Sima Guang, in his Zizhi Tongjian, commented:[24]. She died on 16 December,[32] and, pursuant to a final edict issued in her name, was no longer referred to as empress regnant, but instead as Empress Consort Zetian Dasheng (則天大聖皇后). [51] Although a lot of those writings serve political ends, there is one poem in which she laments her mother after she died and expresses her despair at not being able to see her again. Unlike most young girls in China at this time, Wu was encouraged by her father to read and write and develop the intellectual skills which were traditionally reserved for males. [24] Sun, after taking over as khan and reorganizing Khitan forces, again attacked Zhou territory and had many victories over Zhou forces, including a battle during which Wang Shijie was killed. [12] Thus, according to the custom by which consorts of deceased emperors who had not produced children were permanently confined to a monastic institution after the emperor's death, Wu was consigned to Ganye Temple (感業寺), with the expectation that she would serve as a Buddhist nun there for the remainder of her life. [49] Wu Zetian's participation in the rituals not only had religious reasons behind it, but her political reasons were also clear. [note 13][note 14], Despite her old age, however, Wu Zetian continued to be interested in finding talented officials and promoting them. [50], Toward the end of Gaozong's life, Wu began engaging a number of mid-level officials who had literary talent, including Yuan Wanqing (元萬頃), Liu Yizhi, Fan Lübing, Miao Chuke (苗楚客), Zhou Simao (周思茂), and Han Chubin (韓楚賓), to write a number of works on her behalf, including the Biographies of Notable Women (列女傳), Guidelines for Imperial Subjects (臣軌), and New Teachings for Official Staff Members (百僚新誡). Tiāncèwànsuì (天冊萬歲): 22 October 695 – 19 January 696 (3 months) In 652, she gave birth to her first child, a son named Li Hong. The military exams were intended to measure intelligence and decision making and candidates were personally interviewed instead of just being appointed because of family connections or their family's name. In 657, Empress Wu and her allies began reprisals against officials who had opposed her ascension. Emperor Gaozong had nothing to do with either of these events, although his name would have been attached to the campaigns against Korea. Wu Zetian (624–705) was the only female emperor in China's history. A huge stele was erected outside the tomb, as was customary, which later historians were supposed to inscribe with Empress Wu's great deeds but the marker remains blank. Empress Wu formally accused Li Xián of treason and the assassination of Ming. Image taken from An 18th-century album of portraits of 86 emperors of China, with Chinese historical notes.Originally published/produced in China, 18th century. Nevertheless, she declined Wang's request to make Wu Chengsi crown prince, but for a time allowed Wang to freely enter the palace to see her. [27], A much more serious threat arose in summer 696. Empress Wu Zetian died at the age of 81 on December 16, 705. (3). He further posthumously honored Wu Shiyue (who had previously been posthumously honored as the Duke of Zhou) and Lady Yang by giving them the titles of the Prince and Princess of Taiyuan. Cite This Work (108). She reformed the structure of the government and got rid of anyone she felt was not carrying out their duties and so reduced government spending and increased efficiency. [24] In April of the same year, Wu Zetian recast the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, the symbol of ultimate power in ancient China, to reinforce her authority. During the Han dynasty, Sima Qian records in his Shiji that Guanzhong had three-tenths of China's population, but six-tenths of its wealth. One was that the work of Laozi (whose family name was Li and to whom the Tang imperial clan traced its ancestry), Tao Te Ching, should be added to the required reading for imperial university students. The rebellion initially drew much popular support in the region, however, Li Jingye progressed slowly in his attack and did not take advantage of that popular support. The three of them, along with Liu Shi, were demoted to being prefects of remote prefectures, with provisions that they would never be allowed to return to Chang'an. The new emperor was married to a woman of the Wei family. [7] Her tenure as de facto ruler of China and officially regent Tang dynasty (first through her husband and then through her sons, from 665 to 690) was not without precedent in Chinese history; however, she broke precedent when she founded her own dynasty in 690, the Zhou (周) (interrupting the Tang dynasty), ruling personally under the name Sacred and Divine Huangdi (聖神皇帝), and variations thereof, from 690 through 705. Empress Wu was born from a prosperous and wealthy family, her father was Wu Shihuo, who became a chancellor during the early Tang Dynasty. Agricultural production under Wu's reign increased to an all-time high. They convinced the generals Li Duozuo, Li Dan (李湛, note different character than the former emperor), and Yang Yuanyan (楊元琰) and another chancellor, Yao Yuanzhi, to be involved. Emperor Zhongzong was under the thumb of his wife, Empress Wei. Lady Wu played the role of the shy, respectable emperor's wife well in public but, behind the scenes, she was the actual power. At the suggestion of her nephew Wu Chengsi, she also expanded the ancestral shrine of the Wu ancestors and gave them greater posthumous honours.[20]. Carlton further notes, "While ostensibly for her great concern over the condition of her people, the box mainly served the purpose of obtaining information on seditious subjects (3)." Wu Zetian continued to use the imperial examination system to recruit civil servants, and she introduced major changes in regard to the system that she inherited, including increasing the pool of candidates permitted to take the test, by allowing commoners and gentry, who were previously disqualified by their background, to take them. Wu also took back lands which had been invaded by the Goturks under the reign of Taizong and distributed them so that they were not all held by the aristocrats. She was determined that free, self-sufficient farmers would continue to work on their own farm land, so she periodically used the juntian, equal-field system, together with updated census figures to ensure fair land allocations, re-allocating as necessary. However, Zhangsun repeatedly found ways to divert the conversation. She proceeds to blame the death on Wang, which isn’t hard to do since the emperor believes everything Wu — described by critics as “hated by gods and men alike” — says. [19], In 681, Princess Taiping was married to Xue Shao (薛紹), the son of Emperor Gaozong's sister Princess Chengyang, in a grand ceremony. The assassins were not caught—causing Wu to suspect that Li Xián was behind the assassination. Wu was given the privileged position of first concubine even though by law she should have been left in the temple as a nun. Emperor Zhongzong was reduced to the title of Prince of Luling and exiled. In spring 698, Wu Zetian agreed and recalled Li Zhe from exile. Wu Zetian agreed, and for some time did not reconsider the matter. Zhou dynasty was abolished before her death, and she was reverted to the rank of empress consort on her death, so she did not have a temple name, as empresses consort, unlike ruling emperors, were not given temple names. Hence, she could stabilize her regime. The others are Yu the Great and Shao the Great. Although she was like a hen that crowed, she eventually returned the rightful rule to her son. However, as it was becoming clear to Empress Wu that he suspected Empress Wu of murdering his sister, the Lady of Wei, Empress Wu began to take precautions against him. Numerous educational institutions recommend us, including Oxford University and Michigan State University and University of Missouri. This was seen by Emperor Gaozong's wife, Empress Wang. (Some modern historians dispute this traditional account. Furthermore, Empress Wang did not have any children, and Consort Xiao had one son (Li Sujie) and two daughters (Princesses Yiyang and Xuancheng). Therefore, Empress Wang secretly told Wu to stop shaving her hair and, at a later point, the Empress welcomed her to the palace. Her family was from Wenshui, part of Bing prefecture, now Wenshui county inside the prefecture-level city of Luliang and located 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Taiyuan, Shanxi province. [6][9] When she was summoned to the palace, her mother, the Lady Yang, wept bitterly when saying farewell to her, but she responded, "How do you know that it is not my fortune to meet the Son of Heaven?" This offended her, and she accused him of being complicit with Li Jingye and had him executed; she also demoted, exiled, and killed a number of officials who, when Pei was arrested, tried to speak on his behalf. By the period of Southern Song dynasty, when Neo-Confucianism was firmly established as the mainstream political ideology of China, their ideology determined the evaluation for Wu Zetian. [35] Besides this, she also altered the ancient balance of power in China, dating back to the Qin dynasty. One apparatus of government which fell into Wu's power was the imperial examination system: the basic theory and practice of which was to recruit into government service those men who were the best educated, talented, and having the best potential to perform their duties, and to do so by testing a pool of candidates in order to determine this objectively. Emperor Gaozong, therefore, became resolved. [5] Empress Wang was accused of having been seen near the child's room, with corroborating testimony by alleged eyewitnesses. When Taizong died, Wu and his other concubines had their heads shaved and were sent to Ganye Temple to begin their lives as nuns. Mark, Emily. [17] Wu Zetian's procession of ladies up Mount Tai conspicuously linked Wu with the most sacred traditional rites of the Chinese empire. Wu Weiliang and Wu Huaiyun were executed. She carefully eliminated any potential enemies from the court and had Lady Wang and Lady Xiao killed after they had gone into exile. Sometime from year 700 AD and on, when Wu Zetian was 75, the two brothers, who were the closest consorts to her, de facto managed many of the important affairs of the e… Government was sound, no rebellions occurred, abuses in the army and administration were stamped out and Korea was annexed, an achievement no previous Chinese had ever managed." At the time of the murder, it was Lady Wu's word against Lady Wang's, and later historians decided to side with Lady Wang against Wu; but this does not mean they chose the right side. [38], "China's only woman ruler, Empress Wu was a remarkably skilled and able politician, but her murderous and illicit methods of maintaining power gave her a bad reputation among male bureaucrats. For example, as a sign of his love for Consort Wu, Emperor Gaozong conferred posthumous honors on her father Wu Shiyue in 654. Furthermore, Gaozong's will included provisions that Li Zhe should ascend immediately to the imperial throne, he should look to Empress Wu in regards to any important matter, either military or civil, and Empress Wu should claim the senior authority in the Empire for herself. Rúyì (如意): 22 April – 22 October 692 (6 months) She began her life at court as a concubine of the emperor Taizong. (二聖, Er Sheng). Many alleged poisonings and other incidents, such as the premature death of her daughter, may have rational explanations that have been twisted by later opponents. It was customary, when a dynasty changed, to re-set history. Wu decreed that the workmen sculpt the face of the largest of these statues to resemble her and also persuaded the monks of the sanctuary at Luoyang to forge the Big Cloud Book to substantiate her claim as Maitreya. Wu progressively gained more and more influence over the governance of the empire throughout Emperor Gaozong's reign, and eventually she effectively was making the major decisions. [13] At that time, Emperor Gaozong did not favour Empress Wang. Emperor Taizong gave her the art name Wu Mei (武媚), meaning "glamorous". [38] Many of those so favored originated from the North China plain. Her travel writing debuts in Timeless Travels Magazine. [17], Meanwhile, on Empress Wu's account, her mother Lady Yang had been made the Lady of Rong, and her older sister, now widowed, the Lady of Han. Thereafter, Empress Wang became the only threat to her, so Wu Zetian planned to get rid of her. Her mother was from the powerful Yang family. Subsequently, she also put Huaiyi to death. 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