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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Byzantine Empire maintained an intriguing relationship with ancient China, thus sending ambassadors there.

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 ...