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Empress Xiao Zhao had been in the palace for thirteen years, and had been a queen for four years. After dying, the Queen was still unwilling to be reincarnated.

She did not have an illustrious family background, nor did she have an impeccable appearance. However, she climbed step by step up to the position of concubine.

The institution of the Retired Emperor forms the innovative angle from which this study analyzes Classical Chinese political history (4th to 7th centuries A.D.)

The Twenty-Four Histories (Chinese: 二十四史) are the Chinese official historical books covering a period from 3000 BC to the Ming dynasty in the 17th centu

This volume completes Keith McMahon’s acclaimed history of imperial wives and royal polygamy in China. Avoiding the stereotype of the emperor’s plural wives