Sui and Tang · Ruler

Empress Wu 武后

Wu Hou

Attested AD 650 - AD 705

Passages
3
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Empress Wu as a consort and ruler. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Empress Wu 武后 Wu Hou
Title Empress Wu 武後
Title Empress Wu 武后

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Title only
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Consort
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 武后 · Western Interval: Start: AD 650 · End: AD 705
    Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:113:s0032

References in the histories

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 113Volume 113 Biographies 38: Tang, Zhang, Xu · 3 passages