Known for her ambitious way of thought and high intelligent, the Chinese queen, known as Wu Zetian outmaneuvered her rivals with her skills.

Seeking to consolidate her grip on the Chinese throne, Empress Wu Zetian embarked on an audacious project: expanding the imperial palace on a scale never before seen in China, or the world.

That woman is known as Empress Wu, or Emperor Wu Zhao, and she is undoubtedly the most famous woman in all of Chinese history. Numerous historical sources attest to her life, work and rule.

Wu accused the Empress Wang of strangling the child (whom ... reinforced by the sexism of the Confucian beliefs followed by official Chinese historians over the centuries.

A small foot in China, no different from a tiny waist in ... political conspiracy against the emperor’s powerful wife, Empress Wu Zetian. After the plot was exposed, the irate empress had ...

While European queens like Elizabeth I and Catherine the Great are widely remembered, one powerful queen from China often ...

However, once Wu Zetain moved into the palace ... took the throne herself and titled her reign "Zhou," becoming the first empress in Chinese history to rule the country. Well-versed in culture ...