Empress Wu (武后) | 24 Histories

Overview

Empress Wu was a consort and Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 655 to AD 683 高宗時
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 95, passage 46

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Gaozong (高宗)
empress 后 · Primary marriage
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 95, passage 46

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 46

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 46

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 95Volume 95 Biographies 20: Gao Jian and Fifth Generation Descendents: Gao Zhong, Dou Weizhi, Douzhi, Dou Gui, Dou Cong, Dou Kang, Dou Jing, Dou Dan, Dou Zhi, Dou Congsun: Dou Dexuan · 1 passage

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高宗時，許敬宗以不敘武后世，又李義府恥其家無名，更以孔志約、楊仁卿、史玄道、呂才等十二人刊定之，裁廣類例，合二百三十五姓，二千二百八十七家，帝自敘所以然。 Under Gaozong, Xu Jingzong — who had omitted Empress Wu's line — and Li Yifu, ashamed of his obscure birth, commissioned Kong Zhiyue, Yang Renqing, Shi Xuandao, Lü Cai, and eight others to revise the register. They expanded the categories to 235 surnames in 2,287 households; the emperor himself explained the new principles.