Wu empress biography of michael

Empress Wu Zetian was the daughter of a relatively senior government official in ancient China.

Owing to this fact, many of the royal court old guards fought tooth and nail to prevent her from becoming empress of China. Regardless of those opposition groups, the empress stood firm, eliminating her enemies one by one, until she became the overall ruler of China.

As Empress regnant (huangdi, which means “emperor” or “empress regnant”), Wu Zetian maintained a firm grip on the empire, keeping it very united and vibrant.

She also instituted a number of social and political reforms that moved China into a meritorious bureaucracy.

Due to quite a lot of prejudice (mixed with sexism) on the part of some Chinese historians and the establishment in general, Empress Wu Zetian at some point tended to be only remembered for the ruthless approach she used in crush