Daniele Varè: The Last Empress

Emperor of China; Self Portrait of K’ang-hsi should not be read as a textbook or as a completely true historical

Wu Zetian was originally known as Wu Chao, born in 625 in Taiyuan in northern China. She adopted Wu Zetian when she seized the Chinese throne in 660. “Wu Zetian was a beautiful young woman…” (Knight 372). Empress Wu ultimately assumed the title of emperor for herself in 690, becoming perhaps the first “dragon lady” and the lone woman to act thus in Chinese imperial history. During her reign, she proved herself the equal of any male emperor in terms of ruthlessness,

Empress Wu Zetian, the only woman to rule China, ruled during the Tang dynasty, but exerted cruel and malicious methods to gain power. She was born with the name Wu Zhao into a wealthy family and learned to write, read, and play music. Because of her beauty and intelligence, Wu became Emperor Tsung’s fifth favorite concubine, or

After being selected as the Last Emperor of China by the ill Empress Dowager Tzu Hsi, Henry Pu yi at his childhood lived a lavish life not knowing of what obligations will face him in growing up. At the age of 6 in the year of 1912, China converts to republic and the Ching Dynasty was forced to abdicate.

Poetic Analysis of “Empress Dowager Boogies” Poet Bio Tina Chang was born in 1969 to a Chinese family in Oklahoma City. When she was only a year old, her family moved to New York City. As a child, she was sent to live with relatives in China for two years, where she became immersed in Chinese history and culture. Her fascination with Chinese history inspired her to write several poems, including “Empress Dowager Boogies.”

Catherine was one of Russia's greatest Rulers. She built numerous buildings, wrote the “Nakaz”, brought the arts, religious tolerance to Russia; she conquered huge amounts of land, won numerous wars and took a throne she had no right to. She ruled for 34 years, all the time making Russia a better place, she was no power hungry dictator, but an enlightened despot that only worked to help Russia. Many people say and want to believe Catherine the Great was just a power hungry dictator because of things like a lowered a serf status, for taking her husband's throne or for being a woman with a reputation with men. She was a woman who wasn't power hungry; if she was wouldn't she have tried to conquer all of Europe.

Empress Wu Zetian of Tang Dynasty. She was one of the concubines of Emperor Taizong; she was the empress of Emperor Gaozong; she was the mother of Emperor Zhongzong and Emperor Ruizong; she was once a nun in the temple. But her most glorious title was that

The only woman to become the emperor of China in all of its history was Empress Wu from 690-705. She used her physical beauty and intelligence to make her way up until eventually she had worked her way to the highest position in the government. Her marriage to Gaozong, the emperor before her, led her closer to the position. She showed no mercy to those who tried to impede her strides to the top. Many did not concur to her becoming emperor because she was a woman and at the time men were seen as superior to the woman, and therefore a woman could not be emperor. She did not let these things hold her back and ultimately was a positive addition to China. Empress Wu was the emperor of China who overcame the standard role of Chinese women to get

with certain aspects of the Emperors life. Aspects that the history books to normally deal

Many people argued that Empress Dowager Cixi accelerated the speed of the demise of the Qing dynasty. Cixi might be a blasting fuse but she was not accounted for the final fall of the dynasty. The actions Cixi took had profoundly changed the foundation of feudal China so as to push China forward into a modern stage. Although many historical data suggested that whatever Cixi had done were to consolidate her authority and personal status. But no matter what, the impact on the country was obvious. Cixi broke the previous traditions from Confucianism that had been lasted for centuries. Tensions between the Manchus and Han Chinese had been greatly improved, which made a great contribution to China for later unification. Under the reign of the Empress Dowager, the social structure had undergone a series of changes. Qing 's demise is doomed, this was resulted from issues that had stacked up from previous generations. Moreover, Cixi did her best to secure China’s status in the world in such a chaotic period in history. She made undeniable contributions to China.

Empress Wu was married to an emperor named Emperor Gaozong of Tang, who got very sick, and died. Although she had many sons after that, she thought that they were unworthy of the throne, and killed most of her sons(mostly her oldest sons). This widow had a secret police force look-out for anyone to question her. If they did, they would risk jail time, or even death. This Iron fist style of ruling was not well liked, but it did help the tang dynasty drastically improve. She was also the first female empress in Chinese history, and also one of the first to chose advisors based on ability or merit, rather than their rank. Because she was the first important women, she tried to make a new dynasty composing of women, and men equally mixed in a government

Empress Dowager Cixi is considered one of the most influential female figures of ancient times. This infamous woman ruled China for over 47 years, from 1861 until her death in 1908. Empress Cixi was well known as one of China’s most powerful women because of her cleverness, strength

I chose this topic because I view women as the backbone to the development or a nation, therefore the Chinese woman is paramount in one of the world’s great civilizations. The role of women in Chinese culture has changed over the years. When we consider the position that women held in ancient Chinese society we find that they have come a long way to be where they are today.

“The Last Emperor” was a very interesting film, rich in historical truth and an accurate portrayal of past events that occurred in China during the 1900s. The story was very easy to follow and gave a more modernized approach to teaching the impacts of historical proceedings by using the English language but not forgetting to keep the facts in order. This approach gave me the opportunity to see the different actors as if it were truly identical to what this time period was all about. Given that the plot was centralized around Puyi, the last Emperor of China, and the director did an excellent job making the movie fit the timeline.

Catherine the Great started out as a minor German princess. She grew up in Stettin and her father, Christian August was a prince of a tiny country and even though he was a prince, he was more famous for being in the military .You may think catherine had a easy life being royalty and all, but, she actually had a harsh childhood.Catherine’s mother, Princess Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, barely had any interest in her own daughter. Instead, Princess Johanna spent nearly all of her time and energy on Catherine’s little brother Wilhelm Christian, who unfortunately, died at the age of 12. While Princess Johanna payed no attention to Catherine, she was nurtued by her governess Babbette.