Empress Wu :: Biography

Empress WuEmpress Wu is also known as Wu Hou, Wu Chao, Wu Zetian, or Wu Ts Tien (Emulator of Heaven). She was natural in the year of 625 AD. She was born and raised in China during the Tang dynasty. Empress Wu was the lady friend of Wu Shih-Huo, a exuberant and noble merchant at the time. The Tang Dynasty was a time of sexual intercourse freedom for woman. Since Empress Wu lived during that period of time, she was well educated at home. Like just about other rich and noble people of her time, she was taught to play music, write, and read the Chinese classics. Empress Wu started out as a low-ranking concubine of the emperor of the Tang mash, Tai Tsung. She was well known for her beauty, wit, and intelligence, and so that was why she was recruited to the Tang court at the early age of 13. It was the year of 638 AD when she was recruited. Soon afterwards she was recruited to the Tang court, she went from a low-ranking concubine to his favorite concubine. When Tai Tsung died in 652 AD, Empress Wu mourned his death and traditionally, she shaved off all her hair and became a nun. Meanwhile, in the Tang court after Tai Tsungs death, Tai Tsungs son, Kao Tsung, became the emperor of the Tang court. Kao Tsungs empress, Empress Wang, was jealous of a new concubine that Kao Tsung gave much affection to. Her name was Hsaio Shu-Fei. She then uniform Empress Wu to grow her hair back and come back to the Tang court. She did what she was told and came back. Empress Wangs plan was to take away the affection that Kao Tsung gave to Hsaio Shu-Fei. Empress Wangs plan worked, plainly it also backfired on her. Empress Wu got Kao Tsungs affection, precisely facilitate, Empress Wang was not satisfied because she still didnt get any affection. So then Empress Wang became jealous of Empress Wu and try to get rid of her as well. Empress Wangs jealousy grew when Empress Wu gave birth to a baby girl for Kao Tsung. Empress Wang panicked and tried to spread rumors about Empress Wu, but Empress Wu was too clever for that. In order to become the empress of Kao Tsung, she had to find a way to get rid of Empress Wang. So then she killed her own daughter and framed Empress Wang for the murder.