Wu Zetian, a very famous empress in Chinese history who was born in Wenshui in 624 AD. She was also called Empress Consort Wu in English. She was a Chinese sovereign who ruled unofficially as empress consort and empress dowager and later, officially as empress regnant during the brief Zhou dynasty, which interrupted the Tang dynasty. Actually, Wu is the only woman dominator in Chinese history. Wu was born into a wealth family. Her father wanted her to be well-educated when she was young. So she learned knowledge about politics. At age fourteen, she was taken to be an imperial concubine of Li Shimin. But she did not get the favour of Li Shimin. Meanwhile, she made friends with Li Shimin’s son Li Zhi. After Li Shimin died, she went to a temple
