WU: THE CHINESE EMPRESS WHO SCHEMED, SEDUCED AND MURDERED HER WAY TO BECOME A LIVING GOD
Book ID/图书代码： 04850914B75160
English Summary/英文概要： Empress Wu Zetian (624-705 AD) was the only woman to be the sovereign ruler of imperial China. A teenage concubine of the Tang Emperor Taizong, she seduced his son while the emperor lay dying. Recalled from a nunnery as part of an intricate court power-game, she caused the deaths of two lady rivals, before securing her enthronement as the Emperor Gaozong’s consort. She ruled in the name of her husband and two eldest sons, presiding over the pinnacle of the Silk Road, before proclaiming herself the founder of a new dynasty. Worshipped as the Sage Mother of Mankind and reviled as the Treacherous Fox, she was deposed aged 79, after angry courtiers murdered her two young lovers.
The subject of countless books, plays and films, Empress Wu remains a feminist icon and a bugbear of Chinese conservatism. Jonathan Clements weighs the evidence of her life and legacy: so charismatic that she could rise from nothing to the height of medieval power, so hated that her own children left her tombstone blank.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 武则天（公元624-705年）是中国唯一的一位女皇帝。唐太宗在位时，少年武则天入宫为才人。唐太宗病危时，武则天勾引了皇帝的儿子李治，使得她能从尼姑庵重回皇宫，展开权位争夺。为了坐上后位，武则天使用计谋害死了王皇后和萧淑妃。之后她便躲在丈夫和两个儿子的背后掌管朝政，成就了丝绸之路，最后终于开创了自己的朝代。武则天被一些人视为圣母，同时也有人当她是魅惑的狐狸精。武则天79岁时被废黜，叛逆者还杀掉了她两个年轻的男宠。
曾有许多书籍，戏剧和电影以武则天为主角，武则天这个形象始终是女权主义的标志和中国传统主义中的一个怪相。詹娜森•克莱门慈总结了武则天的传奇一生，从区区才人到中国一代女帝，背后也有诸多心酸，她的亲生骨肉也因憎恨为她留下了无字碑。（XAT）
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About the Author/作者介绍： 詹娜森•克莱门慈曾写过许多东亚历史的书籍，包括皇帝，皇后，官员，将士，国外使者和叛军的历史故事。他的作品曾被译为十多种语言，包括法语，西班牙语，韩语和荷兰语。当他的作品《中国第一位皇帝》在中国出版时曾获得极大的赞誉。Jonathan Clementsthe author of many books on East Asian history, including biographies of emperors and empresses, statesmen and warriors, foreign visitors and outcast rebels. His works have been translated into over a dozen languages, including French, Spanish, Korean and Dutch, and he achieved a rare distinction when his book on the First Emperor of China was itself published in Chinese.
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