Sui and Tang · Ruler and Consort

Empress Wu 武后

Wǔ Hòu

Attested AD 690 - AD 705

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Wu was a ruler and Consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 690 to AD 705 武后時
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passages 64, 112

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passages 64, 112

Events and relationships

Received presentation of music standards
Administrative · Sovereign · With Wu Yanxiu (武延秀)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 64
Reduced palace music frames
Ritual · Sovereign
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 112

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 21Volume 21 Treatises 11: Rites and Music 11 · 2 passages

武后時，太常卿武延秀以為奇玩，乃獻之。 Under Empress Wu, Director Wu Yanxiu treated them as marvels and presented them to the throne.

至武后時省之。 Empress Wu later cut them back.