What type of details about emperor zhongzong of tang can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: emperor zhongzong of tang -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 26 november 656 -- 3 july 710 -rrb- , personal name li xian -lrb- -rrb- , at times during his life li zhe -lrb- -rrb- and wu xian -lrb- -rrb- , was the fourth emperor of the tang dynasty of china , ruling briefly in 684 and again from 705 to 710 . emperor zhongzong was the son of emperor gaozong of tang and empress wu -lrb- later known as wu zetian -rrb- . he succeeded his father in 684 . his mother , however , deposed him less than two months later in favor of his younger brother emperor ruizong . the former emperor , demoted to a princely rank , was sent in exile in the provinces and placed under house arrest . six years later , emperor ruizong in turn relinquished the throne to his mother and empress dowager wu officially proclaimed herself '' emperor '' , while emperor ruizong was made crown prince . by 698 the court was caught in the middle of a bitter power struggle . in an attempt to decrease the power struggle , empress wu liberated the former emperor from his 14 years of seclusion and recalled him to the capital in april 698 . he was reinstated as crown prince in october 698 , taking the place of his brother . on 20 february 705 , a palace coup deposed wu zetian and emperor zhongzong was restored as emperor three days later . emperor zhongzong reigned for five years but was a rather weak and easily influenced ruler . real power was in the hands of his empress consort , empress wei and her lover wu sansi -lrb- wu zetian 's nephew -rrb- . in 710 , emperor zhongzong died , allegedly poisoned by empress wei , who then installed his son , li chongmao , as emperor . empress wei , who had failed to install her daughter li guo'er , the princess anle , as heir to emperor zhongzong , thought that li chongmao , born of zhongzong and a concubine and who was only 16 years old , would be easy to control and allow her to preserve her power . the scheme failed , however , when princess taiping , the sister of emperor zhongzong , launched a coup two weeks later...
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