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EMPRESS SUN OF MING

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THE GLORIAN POST (TGP) ARTICLE SECTION : WOMEN AND POWER CHAPTER SIX : THE MING DYNASTY THE EMPRESS SUN       After recently concluding the 2019 Historical Chinese Period Drama MING DYNASTY , I found myself at a standstill and appreciating the work of Zhang Ting making it yet so far my favourite Cdrama of the year that I have watched so far and more so the wonderful acting portrayed by actors Tang Wei as Empress Sun , Zhu Yawen as Emperor Xuande , Lay Zhang as Emperor Yingzong and Su Ke as Yu Qian only seemed to win over my heart the most.        MING DYNASTY as a period drama is unique having a female lead firstly that doesn't come quite often in Cdramas and moreso one that I have grown to personally appreciate.         Watching the series I found the first episodes slightly boring but halfway it felt that the show reached it's climax and I couldn't get myself to stop watching it that even at the...

LÜ ZHI : THE FIRST EMPRESS OF CHINA

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THE GLORIAN POST (TGP) ARTICLE SECTION : WOMEN AND POWER CHAPTER FIVE : THE HAN DYNASTY EMPRESS LÜ ZHI OF HAN         In all Imperial Women in the History of China, Wu Ze Tian was the very worst? Surprisingly not, a wise fatale, a conniving woman, a daring beauty and an ambitious schemer perhaps even Cixi herself would bear witness was their greatest foremother Lü Zhi.     Over the years throughout the History of Imperial China Wu Ze Tian was the reason women were banned from interfering in politics during the latter dynasties and whereas Empresses by Confucian principles were supposed to be very kind and reserved there were four Outspoken women that dominated the Annals of Chinese History like Emperors themselves and these were Lü Zhi of Han , Wu Ze Tian of Tang , Liu  Of Song and Cixi of Qing although of these only one Wu Ze Tian realised that dream of being EMPEROR and became a climax that was never reached but the oth...