| Show C E rT 1 2 Sonic Famous I of the tho thol l Present s sw y I v w V II y I I entry where woman ar are uGh such y A I t a In IA Chlo on onI ens I Ii ot expect to And an any tar star tarI I nuns ot of Ih the aft womanhood to In the Kingdom 1 to played L I y of a country held to br be benert nert and aAd Net pro Iro proof of r any Iny In tb the world the Aret ot Of tbS LU ra fa raI fas I s I once or of China 1 v good Chines with ape e er r ace and ot her good k Exalted X to divine honor Tu Tsu wit wife ot of the emperor i n wife about the gala 11 tC C U wa was the of a feudal rudal ul Br ar China and Ihl this observant woman In her girl I 1 often wAtched tb the silkworms In InC C branches branche spinning pinning Ir When Wha she became rife Il of th a man of re e to welfare ot of h his la to experiment with Fh tille gene The silk Ilik she h had unwound I ni 1 Woven Into S a cloth which bas haa over ot of i iI among the most mOlt prated mo f b been n q I materials for clothing All of mulberry trees ft r China groves roy rt r Idd out and the of oC the theL f L rm 1 1 nm one rne of t the nit great In Inor or th the then embryo Chinese h only a couple ot of 1 re on an the Tte rt Int nt ot of Chin have not It If tradition bun ben Its to boo b ved Baleful indeed tI is take Il l hue have been n the of aC ht of the Emperor who P B I to 10 tree 1788 Her father Cather w was Ono one of Ih mall email t of the em empire lre mad Id In order to ingratiate himself lh hO ned to attack his hll tte te chit sent to tn the emperor at as a pres Itt at hl hii beautiful but she ahe entered h peal peala 1 a Ie Kd t t had ill at least eat been a warrior h was AI a man of gnat f t II 1 strength and could auld twist bars ot of trun as It If they were bamboo Put But proved loed the of oC Mn e amon War Ir and ADd the ha e wm were forgotten III he becam am tM the 81 slaw ot of the young beauty auty for tor who whose he be Chins In order or to build for fr her great and splendid palaces There Th e wore were filled d with t people Lak Lakes A of f wine ornamented tM the palace garden and dried meats meat hung from the trees tree t tp teed feed the dt oho I attended the wild org or tel ss tb there ll Th The people disgusted with Uh UM the or of the Imperial court In rebellion under Prince rang the m f under of the dynasty or of that name nam namI I was 1 defeated In battle and 1111 I 1 mooned until hi his death In D IL C 0 Cre The re fate or of la unknown Another ot of the wicked was wasIa Ia 1 I a captive taken In I warf warfare la In ue 1145 B C C She the Em l Chow Sin one of the tbt meat J wicked wt ked of Chinas China I rul rulers For her the Ule emperor built buill a palace a mite mile surrounded by a park In all aorta of rare animals Animal 11 This palace was IU celled called tile the Stai T and proved tb the funeral pyre of Ohl ChOw Sn n for or after ater enduring a few years Of GC unparalleled oppression to gratify the and cruelty of Ta kl tM the T people revolted and Chow SIn Peeing to 0 the Ita stag Tower himself find the building and was 1 consumed In Its i ruins ruin Ta kt was captured and oon damned to 10 death but so taa aI her beauty that no one WOUld ax X cute fute th the ot of death until en aged councilor his faes t that h he might not JOt falter In purpose de dered red the fatal blow The n Chine 11 believe bellI that she wee AI the tho human I ot of a wolf demon demOl funt ot of all the t Ciso tra sra of China was 1 lu laU Ne whose WhOM aut auty n Yin Till em 0 of China Chinam m al to ao B C lib wu was UI the ugh r of a petty pett ohia and was f and ani Imperious than tIMa tIMau thanuel uel u 1 She oared larEd little far tor the em there thue 11 was nothIng M he MII II tint not do to plea pla her even to Ut Ike of tb the heir that her son IOn ht b tile the au G r At AttL 1 tL after every expedient lord bad been d 4 by Yu to 10 win a smile mUe from his hll armor h he stooped to a 11 mighty piNe piece roll Thor was n In existence at that time Ume a aI atom tom I pm of gra gr at t beacon n fires to be light lpt i In time ot of mortal peril when s ulal were Pre pledged to hasten huten Ih the to 10 relieve the tbt danger ot of r r rr on day o tred t I Ir t and In great r r tr for the it monarch safety tet hll VII vas VIII I moth hy by forced mare marches I to the Ud 1 Th object w was ac ass hd Iau ase whore WhOM sense nee or of nor trill have been old odd sat t wreath I In mugs III as the princes r Wh j I III p to tn the city It at this head had of Ir I This was U probably the St 1 rr II sn lle In history for tor later latr n a arrived and the be beI lea r I Wr lI it In earnest earnt no 1 p Tonai 00 I and tb the capital was cap capt t F d 1 In lid 1 by barbarians rr z oft off a by br their tJ r hla of mONo mONor aH t r hand has haa guided the s or f r than that of Em Empress reu TIll The widow ot of a weak k and In n TIP h of at the lien dynasty r t tr tre on n ro I In C on r r 1 vrold arold Ion eon She hid had to cope cepe nl th tangled pUblic questions i I i r promptness and en energy r tt t a rebellion that wu member t f II inferior member of oC the late t gym r who conspired on be I r at L r wn n son IOn The Th h I I meted out a bear bar us UR I a to the plotters saved tM the I r r rn 11 serious troubles An Any one i it tl z U Ii Id d t h any disapproval of her I 4 rulings I was promptly reo re r by I let on n Or the knife u I I mat ai wat erat as 81 Wu was g l ht r h u J orthy of tM title of at the Lu la Ia it II la Ia ot of China lie f Ih n noblest In Chi h 11 is II Ch arnn un She was Wat If th r th reformer Thal Ial lIuo thing A F rt at I of th Tail dynasty lid and ot of her r hue u L by h her Ir tact to In heaping out ot of public and her Itar she he I endeared herself to 10 tb the people I She died In tile the year 11 flIT A D Her lIr dy dying 1 ing words oro to her br husband ID and son 1011 art are 1 models of ib asked that nr nn I costly funeral be accorded to her end nd I no monuments t erected over hr her body lilt lest tit these should ou cause tau taxa lions to burden the poor peor She also I besought her to make no rich offerings to the temple to buy bur for her prolongation of at liCe late for said laid h hour he our life is II In the lands hand ot of heaven and when ben It decide we shall han die there I no mortal power can change It Its will The mOlt mat famous or of tb the great t em m prep prell re regents was II Wu also aleo Her history II I An ort orl tal romance A daughter of the gov cov governor of oC she he had been a member of oC the harem haNM ot of Emperor TI Tat Tung Teung With the other ladles of oC Tal Tsung s harem Wu bow on hi Iris death retired to 1 a nunnery mannery liar Hr wonderful beauty chained tb the eye ere of Tal son and successor Rail Kau on one day daT when hen he met her In U the palace wh where she he hill had come to five on Invitation of the Wang hf who was much Atta attached l to 0 her Iter Wu how rewarded friendship with cry ery Kau Tsung was wa tar from Crom wIne being the wise wIll und and exemplary exempla man his hll father had been and Ih the love lovely was soon exalted to the position or of harem favorite she ahe could not be while the flat wife It lived and ah she soon n compacted hr her death Tile The emperor during his hie lit life quite under uDder the thumb of oC the able who took part In l with the ministry and I on a joint share In the Gradually nUn entire control or of the empire her Iter husband wa was wasa a 11 mere On One ot of the great t events ot of the reign wu was the conquest of at I l Korea orca In A D The death ot of the emperor placed absolutely In ht her r hands the government of oC the tho country For Forto to fo years yean she was It its unI uld sov sovereign ov i 1 Irel All As regent ent for her son lion she hl I should hay have bE been content I to allow him i some om voice volet In affairs but donnine don nine Ih the Imperial rotes ot or Ih the which no other regent int hat had dar dared to lou touch h she ehe directed Iho cabinet m t 1 Inge and state audiences at none of which the emperor She Rhe pro proclaimed I claimed herself the founder of a new I dynasty abolished the tm tent pi plea ot of Ih the Tan Tongs and aM built others for her own family In their place She he was a woman who ho put a proper value all on talent and surrounded herself with able ministers and advisers adI These The even elIh her were not O permitted to In rifle nn da day In her presence tl P time d slapped the I fare ot of one or of these favorite because I i or of luck of If ref peel shown holn his hll This ta favorite a bones or monk named unsell exercised a I neat great fascination Over oYer the empress but no OM olie eve ner r e dAid a nt lit power to 10 save ave himself Jr the cool heeded lady decided that existence was lall a menace to kt bet het own owa safety Su how had caused a splendid t tto tent pie to be built for the bottle and had bad appointed him Its abbot When lb the ample was u I It w was noticed by bJ bythe the mandarins that the monks whose WhOM devotions over OTer i ieN were eN a singularly able ed set et of young OUn men with a k of oC sword 1014 ereCt craft quite out of 01 to their In This tact fact w reported to the empress ml and she he order ordered ed th the banishment ot of the military look tag monks to par parts of China Angry at this who no doubt was plotting to lilt Wise the government bum burned cl th the temple to the ground Wu Vu how publicly paid sa no attention to this act but secretly she gave ve order for tor forthe the favorites At tut lut bowed down with years ea and IUn Illness the Wu u resigned the government whir to ha Chung TWill Teung whom for tor ZO 20 Tara ebs bud kept In re far r the Hie She wu was wasso so 50 years earl old at th this tins and spent the tb yr year that Inte Id her d death th In Ina ina a assigned to Mr her herby by the Wet Wel tb the wife teat of as pined to be a H biJ Wk but she he lacked ability Iler husband hUl nd a week welk i pleasure loving creature was wa grateful for tor the Ihl devotion she he had shown during durin III his and allowed hr her a 0 part In the government ithe he tell fell under r bad In u once nep and when b by a ev v vIr cry Ir ono one likely to oppose her he had been removed she he her husband She Fihe sent lent him poisoned cakes or of which he ate e heartily and died She wu was ap apI appointed pointed I regent for Cor hr her 16 year old aoa but her fond end came soon The of O t the house houRI of Tall Tang learning that they were lIer to 10 be murdered In order to prevent I dispute over the to the throne gathered their followers ab about ut them forred d their way war Into the and killed WI Nel and her accomplices l i From these glances Into the lives lIe ot of Chinas famous women It will 11 be seen that the history of the present Rm Tel 11 An doe dOH not gladly lIy differ from those thole ot of many of her Imperial porn Like Wn hew she attained the throne through t the death ot of her Iler rival and Ad like Ilke that na able abl mt have taYI been her salvation hallon It IU to tobe I be asset like her great piato 0 typo Wu she will end ha days 1 or o like 01 others lit et this ta die by the of It u I sassing Ift Ibe is no now N II sera old aged has lIU signed tw for about 10 yeah j ALlCE D Dr |
