Empress Wu Zetian, the only woman in Chinese history to rule as emperor, remains a figure of fascination and debate. Born in ...

After Emperor Taizong’s death, she became the concubine of his son and successor, Emperor Gaozong. Her rise to the throne was then full of controversy. She first ruled through others before ...

After his death, she married his ninth son and successor, Emperor Gaozong. Emperor Wu is often remembered as a woman who schemed and murdered her way to power, but she did govern efficiently ...

an era under the reign of Emperor Gaozong. The epitaph was originally housed by the Relics Management Institute of the Pengshui ­Miao-Tujia autonomous county. It will be displayed at the ...

650 AD. Second year of Emperor Gaozong's reign. Several corpses were found in the ninth-floor demon building in Liangzhou Prefecture of Western Regions. A mysterious force constantly dominates ...

Following Emperor Taizong's demise, she became the concubine of his son and successor, Emperor Gaozong. Her ascension to the throne was fraught with controversy. Initially ruling through proxies ...