Wu Zhao
Subtitle: China's only woman emperor
By: N. Harry Rothschild.
Series: The Library of world biography
Publisher: Pearson Longman
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780321394262
Subjects: Wu hou, -- Empress of China, -- 624-705; Empresses -- China -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: China's only female emperor
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What's in a name?; title: Historical preconditions for the ascent of a female emperor: Steppe culture, the Silk Road and Buddhism; title: From the Sichuan countryside to the inner palace; title: Empress Wu: a changing of the guard; title: The two sages; title: Celestial empress and grand dowager; title: Wu Zhao as lover: lady of perfect satisfaction; title: Sage mother rising; title: Queen of terror; title: Bodhisattva of mercy; title: Emperor of the Zhou dynasty; title: Octogenarian in retreat: succession, factionalism, and craneriding in the final years; title: Conclusion: the vain quest for Wu Zhao.