Empress Wu Zetian: Student - Teacher Edition
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The most hated woman in Chinese history!
Born in 624 CE in Wenshui County in Shanxi province, very little was expected of the beautiful and bright Wu Zhao (reign title Wu Zetian) -- except that she would be trouble to any man unlucky enough to marry her. The very opposite of a virtuous maiden by most interpretations of the Analects of Confucius, Wu Zhao was not only bright, but highly educated and equally ambitious.
Harshly judged by both contemporaries and generations of Chinese scholars since, the one thing everyone can agree upon about Empress Wu: the world is a vastly different place because she dared what no other woman of her time dreamed was possible. This is her true story, a truly legendary woman of world history.
Student - Teacher Edition features challenging study questions after every chapter, plus a detailed timeline, and an extensive suggested reading list.
Laurel A. Rockefeller
Born, raised, and educated in Lincoln, Nebraska USA Laurel A. Rockefeller’s passion for animals comes through in everything she writes. First self-published in 2012 as social science fiction author (the Peers of Beinan series), Laurel has expanded her work into the animal care/guide, history, historical fiction, and biography genres.Find Laurel’s books in digital, paperback, and hardcover in your choice of up to ten languages, including Welsh, Chinese, and Dutch. Audio editions are published in all four available languages for audible: English, French, Spanish, and German.Besides advocating for animals and related environmental causes, Laurel A. Rockefeller is a passionate educator dedicated to improving history literacy worldwide, especially as it relates to women’s accomplishments. In her spare time, Laurel enjoys spending time with her cockatiels, travelling to historic places, and watching classic motion pictures and classic television series.
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Empress Wu Zetian - Laurel A. Rockefeller
Empress Wu Zetian
Student – Teacher Edition
By Laurel A. Rockefeller
Cover painting by Helen Monwuba
This book is a work of narrative history based on events in the life of Chinese Empress Wu Zetian and constructed using primary and secondary historical sources, commentary, and research.
Study questions immediately follow each chapter. In most cases, there are no right or wrong answers. Instead, the purpose is to provoke critical thinking while practicing reading and improving reading comprehension skills.
Consulted sources appear at the end of this book. Interpretation of source material is at the author’s discretion and utilized within the scope of the author’s imagination, including names, events, and historical details.
Pinyin Romanization is used exclusively in the text of this book. When applicable names using other Romanization systems such as Wade-Giles were converted into pinyin for consistency and accurate pronunciation of Chinese words.
Copyright © 2020 Laurel A. Rockefeller
Published by Laurel A. Rockefeller Books.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania. USA
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Table of Contents
Prologue
chapter one: cai ren
Chapter Two: zhaoyi
Chapter three: Real power
Epilogue
Timeline
Suggested Reading
about this series
Prologue:
Miss? Miss, where do you think you are going?
asked the British soldier gruffly, grabbing the arm of the well-dressed teenaged girl walking down Dongjiaomin Lane, her dark brown hair contrasting against her ruby-encrusted hair pin.
Hands off me, barbarian!
snarled Hua-Lin with fire in her green eyes. I am no coolie, no slave! Who do you think you are grabbing me as if I were some animal?
Three soldiers joined the first soldier, surrounding Hua-Lin menacingly. Closing in close to her body, they fondled the silk of her finely embroidered Manchu gown, its design marking her as a great-granddaughter of the Qianlong Emperor. Laughing, the youngest of the soldiers unbuttoned two of the buttons over her chest securing her gown together while the others pinned her arms behind her back, his intent only too clear to the noble Hua-Lin, May the ravens and falcons of Abka Hehe devour your heart!
As if an answer to her prayer, a British captain strode up behind the gang barking authoritatively, "Why you pathetic excuse for a soldier! You dare call yourself Englishmen! Be gone with you