Sui and Tang · Ruler

Empress Wu 武后

Wǔ hòu

Attested AD 685 - AD 688

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Wu was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 685 to AD 688 武后時垂拱
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 138

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 138

Events and relationships

Oversaw compilation of Chuigong retained office rules
AD 685 to AD 688 武后時垂拱 · Legal reform · Sovereign
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 138

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 138

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 56Volume 56 Treatises 52: Punishment and Law · 1 passage

武后時，內史裴居道、鳳閣侍郎韋方質等又刪武德以後至于垂拱詔敕為新格，藏於有司，曰垂拱留司格。 Under Empress Wu, Inner Secretary Pei Judao, Phoenix Pavilion Vice Director Wei Fangzhi, and others culled edicts from Wude through the Chuigong era into new Administrative Rules kept in the offices—the Chuigong Retained Office Administrative Rules.