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Wu Tse-T'ien and the Politics of Legitimation in T'ang China

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Author(s): Richard W. L. Guisso
Publisher: Western Washington University
Year: 1978

Language: English
City: Bellingham, WA
Tags: history, china

Acknowledgments
Preface
Author's Preface
Terminology and Abbreviations
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Sources for the Life and Career of Wu Tse-T'ien
3. The Origins and Rise of Wu Tse-T'ien
4. The Empress Wu and the Creation of State Ideology
5. The Road to Usurpation
6. Imperial Power and the Ruling Class
7. The Examination System and the Bureaucracy
8. Chinese Arms and Foreign Policy to 684
9. The Chou Dynasty
10. Retrospect
Appendix A: Historiography of the Empress Wu
Appendix B: The tsai-hsiang, 618-705
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Glossary
Index
About the Author