Empress Wu (武后) | 24 Histories

Overview

Empress Wu was a ruler.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Female · Title only

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 690 to AD 705 武后
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 114, passage 5

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 114Volume 114 Biographies 39: Cui Rong and Descendent Cong, Descendent Neng, Neng's Nephew: Shen You, Neng's Nephew an Qian, Neng's Son: Yan Ceng, Xu Yanbo, Su Weidao, Dou Lu Qin Wang · 3 passages

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武后幸嵩高，見融銘《啟母碣》，歎美之。 When Empress Wu visited Mount Song, she read Rong's inscription on the Qi Mother stele and praised it warmly.

與脩《武后實錄》勞，封清河縣子。 For his work compiling the Veritable Records of Empress Wu, he was enfeoffed as Viscount of Qinghe.

譔《武后哀冊》最高麗，絕筆而死，時謂思苦神竭雲。 While composing the Lament for Empress Wu—his most exalted work—he set down his brush and died; contemporaries said he had worn out mind and spirit in the effort.