Part one of term paper
Biographical Data is also known as Wu Hou, Wu Chao, Wu Zetian, or Wu Tsê T’ien (“Emulator of Heaven”). She was born in the year of 625 AD. She was born and raised in China during the Tang dynasty. was the daughter of Wu Shih-Huo, a rich and noble merchant at the time. The Tang Dynasty was a time of relative freedom for wo ...

Part two of term paper
... intelligence, and so that was why she was recruited to the Tang court at the early age of 13. It was the year of 638 AD when she was recruited. Soon after she was recruited to the Tang court, she went from a low-ranking concubine to his favorite concubine. When T’ai Tsung died in 652 AD, mourned his death and traditionally, she shaved off all her hair and became a nun. Meanwhile, in the Tang court after T’ai Tsung’s death, T’ai Tsung’s son, Kao Tsung, became the emper ...