The dynasty’s greatness owes much to its second emperor, Taizong, who helped his father, Gaozu, consolidate the new dynasty and led new conquests to the north and west. A brilliant general and a ...

Wu Zhao - noble, beautiful and well-educated - became the concubine of the elderly Emperor Taizong at the age of 14. She soon attracted the attention of the Emperor's heir, Li Zhi, who made her ...

but she managed to get close to her Emperor, Taizong, by changing his bedsheets. When he died, she was sent to a Buddhist nunnery – but she escaped – and not only returned to court as a ...

focused on Emperor Taizong of Tang, his politics and the situation in the Tang dynasty. “Question 3 and Q4 in Paper One were straightforward and students should have been able to handle them.

Wu was the daughter of a lumber merchant and entered the palace as the lowest ranking concubine of Emperor Taizong. After his death, she married his ninth son and successor, Emperor Gaozong.