Wǔ Zé tiān
Wu Zetian (624-705), Tang empress, reigned 690-705
Sān Xiá
Three Gorges on the Changjiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qū táng Xiá], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[Wū Xiá] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[Xī líng Xiá]
Dí Rén jié
Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends
master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案[Di2 gong1 an4] translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩[Gao1 Luo2 pei4]
sì wù tāng
four-substance decoction (si wu tang), tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
táng wū
central room of a traditional Chinese house
zhào
variant of 照
character invented by contracting last two characters of name of Tang empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天
Zhāng yì zhī
Zhang Yizhi (-705), Tang dynasty politician and favorite of Empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天[Wu3 Ze2 tian1]
Wǔ jīng Qī Shū
Seven Military Classics of ancient China viz "Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬[Lìu Tāo], “Methods of Sima” 司馬法|司马法[Sī mǎ Fǎ], ”Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng Fǎ], “Wu-zi” 吳子|吴子[Wú zǐ], “Wei Liao-zi” 尉繚子|尉缭子[Wèi Liáo zi], ”Three Strategies of Huang Shigong” 黃石公三略|黄石公三略[Huáng Shí gōng Sān Lüè] and ”Duke Li of Wei answering Emperor Taizong of Tang” 唐太宗李衛公問對|唐太宗李卫公问对[Táng Tài zōng Lǐ Wèi Gōng Wèn Dùi]
Wǔ Shì huò
Wu Shihuo (7th century), father of Tang empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天
Táng Tài zōng Lǐ Wèi Gōng Wèn Duì
”Duke Li of Wei answering Emperor Taizong of Tang”, military treatise attributed to Li Jing 李靖[Lǐ Jìng] and one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China武經七書|武经七书[Wǔ jīng Qī Shū]
Tāng Wǔ Gé mìng
the Tang and Wu Revolts: the overthrow (c. 1600 BC) of the Xia Dynasty by the first king, Tang 商湯|商汤[Shang1 Tang1], of the Shang Dynasty, and the overthrow (c. 1046 BC) of the Shang Dynasty by the Zhou Dynasty founder, King Wu 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2]
Zhào
name invented for herself by Tang empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天[Wu3 Ze2 tian1]
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