i need some information on why there was only one female emperor in ancinet china and why there isnt anymore now.
from liam
May. 4,2009 04:33 Ms.Yuan(CN) replied:
It's very difficult for a woman to become an emperor in a male dominant society. The process of being an emperor is very brilliant. However, once you became emperor, you would realize it's not better than the process. The war of seizing rights is full of blood and death. Maybe, the women after Wu Zetian had known this truth. So, they didn't want to be emperors.
May. 4,2009 04:33 Ms.Yuan(CN) replied:
As a women, actually Wu Zetian wouldn't like to lose sons. But she had walked onto the way that leads to the crown of emperor. Once she gave up, many of her enemies would kill her.
May. 4,2009 04:24 Ms.Yuan(CN) replied:
Because her husband Gaozong is not a strong emperor. Gaozong was not interested in politics. Sometimes, he asked Wu Zetian to cope with the political affairs. Moreover, Wu Zetian is a woman who liked rights very much. She was smart and capable. She killed the ministers that prevented her from getting power and nurtured her own supporters. After Gaozong died, she became more and more powerful. In order to seize the crown of emperor, she even killed her two sons. Her another two sons were talentless. Especially, her third son Li Xian was very incapable. In the war of seizing imperial power, she won. She changed the national title 'Tang' to 'Zhou'. However, when she became emperor, she had been old.
Jun. 18,2009 21:01 Mr.Omnium(New York) replied:
All rulers were originally warriors, and few women were warriors before very recent times. Men would not follow them. There were no female emperors of the Roman Empire (for example) until 797 A.D., when Irene seized the throne by putting out her son's eyes. There was never a woman emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in the West either, and that lasted a thousand years. There was hardly ever a woman pharaoh. There was never a woman reigning as king of France - only Queen Consorts and Regent Queen Mothers. It is always unusual to have a reigning woman - as long as the monarch has actual power. Once the monarch becomes a merely symbolic figure, women sovereigns are frequent and popular.
Jul. 24,2009 00:34 Ms.bester(china) replied:
there r many other great women who had once ruled the country ,but their positions were not permitted by the history
Aug. 5,2009 19:56 Mr.Max replied:
to ms.bester ya there were many other great women who ruled but they did not proclaim themselves as empress regnant. they only ruled as either empress consorts or empress dowagers. they only ruled 'behind the curtain'.
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Apr. 13,2009 16:25
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Ms.Cadie(USA) said:
I suppose no one will ever know for sure exactly how many of the accusations of cruel acts are true but there is one fact that is evident: China prospered under Wu Zetian's rule and it seems the commoners were given more consideration than before. If Zetian had to kill to stay in power... well that's not unlike many many other great rulers of the past. Power hunger is not necessarily a bad thing if one knows what to do with the power when they get it. Plus she was THE ONLY empress in the history of China and she ruled in a time period when women all over the world were pretty much considered less than human. To overcome those odds and make the men of her time know she wasn't to be messed with, she had to be ruthless and yes even cruel.
Jul. 31,2009 19:30 Mr.u replied:
powerful figure character women in history can be a life savor for a country when in power or destruction. wu zetian was good in politic make china strong that time, military and economic, but empress dowager of ching dynasty bring china to the destrution.totally weaken china to lowest level in china's history.
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May. 26,2009 20:41
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Ms.Hernandez(Usa) said:
Im doing a report on her and i need to find two accessories that might reveal something about her. Do you guys have any ideas?
May. 31,2009 21:21 Mr.lilian(cn) replied:
why not research from other points?
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May. 31,2009 19:55
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Ms.Jade(USA) said:
What were her children's names? I'm doing a report about her and I need to know... an answer will be much appreciated ^_^
May. 31,2009 21:16 Mr.yina(cn) replied:
Totally six. The boys are Li3 hong2, Li3 xian2, Li3 xian3, Li3 dan4. The other two are girls, one is the famous Princess Taiping and the other was killed by herself after born.
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Apr. 13,2009 18:29
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Mr.bob(usa) said:
im doing a report on her she is really great!!!!!!but this website needs the authors :(
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Apr. 13,2009 11:29
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Ms.green(united states) said:
she was a powerful and noble woman
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Apr. 9,2009 10:06
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Ms.barefoot(usa) said:
poor baby never had a chance but i liked that she was a strong woman
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Mar. 24,2009 07:10
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Mr.Reporter(USA) said:
This website is really great but it would be better if it had the authors
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Mar. 13,2009 21:58
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Mrs.C. Harris(USA) said:
Shan Sa has written a novel about this rules called "Empress" - it is a fascinating interpretation of her life. I believe that the author expressed she felt Empress Wu might ghave been defamed because she dared to implement reforms that were progressive and intelligent. Whether or not she actually killed her child is debatable.
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Mar. 4,2009 20:03
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Mr.jen(usa) said:
you people who say it was justifiable for her to kill her child need professional help,and a histerectomy
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Feb. 27,2009 00:01
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Ms.Kate(Singapore) said:
Maybe at that time, killing her own daughter is the only option left in order to get rid of the Empress
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Feb. 22,2009 04:18
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Mr.SEFTONHIGH(AUSTRALIA) said:
HEY TIM, KASH AND RAY
EMPRESS WU WAS A CRUEL, CUNNING AND POWER HUNGRY WOMAN, BUT SHE DID GOOD WITH THE ECONOMY SO SHE DID PRETTY GOOD.
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Feb. 21,2009 19:40
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Ms.Cindy(Canada) said:
I think she's terrific!!! Her talent in managing the country was much greater than many previous male emperors!!! If you were also a concubine in the palace, you would understand that if you dont kill your daughter to raise your position, you will be killed by others!!!
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Feb. 21,2009 14:50
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Mrs.wo0o(usa) said:
she was a good empress talented and smart, but killin her own baby that person was devil omg
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Feb. 21,2009 14:48
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Mr.hun(usa) said:
i think she is a good leader, but killin her own baby that's way off
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Feb. 20,2009 03:27
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Mr.SEFTONHIGH(AUSTRALIA) said:
WOW! SOME GOOD INFORMATION. BUT I CAN"T BELIEVE SHE KILLED HER DAUGHTER!!!
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Feb. 19,2009 21:48
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Ms.Random Student said:
I do think that she was a cruel Empress but she also brought some equality to Ancient China. She did all she had to so that she could do what was needed. If you think how rare female rulers are, she did a pretty good job. I may not know that much about life but i do know many leaders have done much worse than killing their own child.
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Feb. 19,2009 21:30
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Mr.Timothy(Antarctica) said:
this is some good information about a cruel and wicked empress.
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Jan. 27,2009 12:37
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Mr.Wu(Ancient China) said:
I think Empress Wu was a terrific leader. She led her city to victory several times. She was terrific!One minor setback is that she killed her baby daughter, but to be queen or king, well that's a different story. I mean, I for one, would totally kill my kid to be King! Wouldn't you? Please reply.
Feb. 3,2009 12:45 Ms.ding-dong(Canada) replied:
I would not kill my kid to be important
Feb. 17,2009 16:59 Mr.Jay(USA) replied:
Do you have children? If u did you might think differently.
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Jan. 24,2009 21:11
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Mr.lim(Australia) said:
I am watching Chinese drama which indicates a slightly different version from what I read above. In the movie, her friend was the one who killed her baby daughter. Not sure which one should I believed. I read a book twenty years or so ago in English but could not remember everything. I wish to find out more.
Feb. 17,2009 16:56 Mr.jammin(USA) replied:
Alot of movies depict Empress Wu very differently. I have her for a social studies subject and that is one thing we learned.
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May. 2,2009 20:08 Reply
Mr.Baird(Australia) said:
i need some information on why there was only one female emperor in ancinet china and why there isnt anymore now.
from liam
May. 4,2009 04:33
Ms.Yuan(CN) replied:
It's very difficult for a woman to become an emperor in a male dominant society. The process of being an emperor is very brilliant. However, once you became emperor, you would realize it's not better than the process. The war of seizing rights is full of blood and death. Maybe, the women after Wu Zetian had known this truth. So, they didn't want to be emperors.
May. 4,2009 04:33
Ms.Yuan(CN) replied:
As a women, actually Wu Zetian wouldn't like to lose sons. But she had walked onto the way that leads to the crown of emperor. Once she gave up, many of her enemies would kill her.
May. 4,2009 04:24
Ms.Yuan(CN) replied:
Because her husband Gaozong is not a strong emperor. Gaozong was not interested in politics. Sometimes, he asked Wu Zetian to cope with the political affairs. Moreover, Wu Zetian is a woman who liked rights very much. She was smart and capable. She killed the ministers that prevented her from getting power and nurtured her own supporters. After Gaozong died, she became more and more powerful. In order to seize the crown of emperor, she even killed her two sons. Her another two sons were talentless. Especially, her third son Li Xian was very incapable. In the war of seizing imperial power, she won. She changed the national title 'Tang' to 'Zhou'. However, when she became emperor, she had been old.
Jun. 18,2009 21:01
Mr.Omnium(New York) replied:
All rulers were originally warriors, and few women were warriors before very recent times. Men would not follow them. There were no female emperors of the Roman Empire (for example) until 797 A.D., when Irene seized the throne by putting out her son's eyes. There was never a woman emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in the West either, and that lasted a thousand years. There was hardly ever a woman pharaoh. There was never a woman reigning as king of France - only Queen Consorts and Regent Queen Mothers. It is always unusual to have a reigning woman - as long as the monarch has actual power. Once the monarch becomes a merely symbolic figure, women sovereigns are frequent and popular.
Jul. 24,2009 00:34
Ms.bester(china) replied:
there r many other great women who had once ruled the country ,but their positions were not permitted by the history
Aug. 5,2009 19:56
Mr.Max replied:
to ms.bester
ya there were many other great women who ruled but they did not proclaim themselves as empress regnant. they only ruled as either empress consorts or empress dowagers. they only ruled 'behind the curtain'.
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Apr. 13,2009 16:25 Reply
Ms.Cadie(USA) said:
I suppose no one will ever know for sure exactly how many of the accusations of cruel acts are true but there is one fact that is evident: China prospered under Wu Zetian's rule and it seems the commoners were given more consideration than before. If Zetian had to kill to stay in power... well that's not unlike many many other great rulers of the past. Power hunger is not necessarily a bad thing if one knows what to do with the power when they get it. Plus she was THE ONLY empress in the history of China and she ruled in a time period when women all over the world were pretty much considered less than human. To overcome those odds and make the men of her time know she wasn't to be messed with, she had to be ruthless and yes even cruel.
Jul. 31,2009 19:30
Mr.u replied:
powerful figure character women in history can be a life savor for a country when in power or destruction. wu zetian was good in politic make china strong that time, military and economic, but empress dowager of ching dynasty bring china to the destrution.totally weaken china to lowest level in china's history.
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May. 26,2009 20:41 Reply
Ms.Hernandez(Usa) said:
Im doing a report on her and i need to find two accessories that might reveal something about her. Do you guys have any ideas?
May. 31,2009 21:21
Mr.lilian(cn) replied:
why not research from other points?
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May. 31,2009 19:55 Reply
Ms.Jade(USA) said:
What were her children's names? I'm doing a report about her and I need to know... an answer will be much appreciated ^_^
May. 31,2009 21:16
Mr.yina(cn) replied:
Totally six. The boys are Li3 hong2, Li3 xian2, Li3 xian3, Li3 dan4. The other two are girls, one is the famous Princess Taiping and the other was killed by herself after born.
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Apr. 13,2009 18:29 Reply
Mr.bob(usa) said:
im doing a report on her she is really great!!!!!!but this website needs the authors :(
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Apr. 13,2009 11:29 Reply
Ms.green(united states) said:
she was a powerful and noble woman
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Apr. 9,2009 10:06 Reply
Ms.barefoot(usa) said:
poor baby never had a chance but i liked that she was a strong woman
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Mar. 24,2009 07:10 Reply
Mr.Reporter(USA) said:
This website is really great but it would be better if it had the authors
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Mar. 13,2009 21:58 Reply
Mrs.C. Harris(USA) said:
Shan Sa has written a novel about this rules called "Empress" - it is a fascinating interpretation of her life. I believe that the author expressed she felt Empress Wu might ghave been defamed because she dared to implement reforms that were progressive and intelligent. Whether or not she actually killed her child is debatable.
20.
Mar. 4,2009 20:03 Reply
Mr.jen(usa) said:
you people who say it was justifiable for her to kill her child need professional help,and a histerectomy
21.
Feb. 27,2009 00:01 Reply
Ms.Kate(Singapore) said:
Maybe at that time, killing her own daughter is the only option left in order to get rid of the Empress
22.
Feb. 22,2009 04:18 Reply
Mr.SEFTONHIGH(AUSTRALIA) said:
HEY TIM, KASH AND RAY
EMPRESS WU WAS A CRUEL, CUNNING AND POWER HUNGRY WOMAN, BUT SHE DID GOOD WITH THE ECONOMY SO SHE DID PRETTY GOOD.
23.
Feb. 21,2009 19:40 Reply
Ms.Cindy(Canada) said:
I think she's terrific!!! Her talent in managing the country was much greater than many previous male emperors!!! If you were also a concubine in the palace, you would understand that if you dont kill your daughter to raise your position, you will be killed by others!!!
24.
Feb. 21,2009 14:50 Reply
Mrs.wo0o(usa) said:
she was a good empress talented and smart, but killin her own baby that person was devil omg
25.
Feb. 21,2009 14:48 Reply
Mr.hun(usa) said:
i think she is a good leader, but killin her own baby that's way off
26.
Feb. 20,2009 03:27 Reply
Mr.SEFTONHIGH(AUSTRALIA) said:
WOW! SOME GOOD INFORMATION.
BUT I CAN"T BELIEVE SHE KILLED HER DAUGHTER!!!
27.
Feb. 19,2009 21:48 Reply
Ms.Random Student said:
I do think that she was a cruel Empress but she also brought some equality to Ancient China. She did all she had to so that she could do what was needed. If you think how rare female rulers are, she did a pretty good job. I may not know that much about life but i do know many leaders have done much worse than killing their own child.
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Feb. 19,2009 21:30 Reply
Mr.Timothy(Antarctica) said:
this is some good information about a cruel and wicked empress.
29.
Jan. 27,2009 12:37 Reply
Mr.Wu(Ancient China) said:
I think Empress Wu was a terrific leader. She led her city to victory several times. She was terrific!One minor setback is that she killed her baby daughter, but to be queen or king, well that's a different story. I mean, I for one, would totally kill my kid to be King! Wouldn't you? Please reply.
Feb. 3,2009 12:45
Ms.ding-dong(Canada) replied:
I would not kill my kid to be important
Feb. 17,2009 16:59
Mr.Jay(USA) replied:
Do you have children? If u did you might think differently.
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Jan. 24,2009 21:11 Reply
Mr.lim(Australia) said:
I am watching Chinese drama which indicates a slightly different version from what I read above. In the movie, her friend was the one who killed her baby daughter. Not sure which one should I believed. I read a book twenty years or so ago in English but could not remember everything. I wish to find out more.
Feb. 17,2009 16:56
Mr.jammin(USA) replied:
Alot of movies depict Empress Wu very differently. I have her for a social studies subject and that is one thing we learned.