Lü Hou Court Dolls

Author: Wang Xiaoying
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Publish Date: 2001-07-01
Features: Empress Lü, the wife of Emperor Gaozu of Han Liu Bang, China's first de facto "empress." She eliminated her rivals, seized absolute power; she was jealous, ruthless; various versions of unofficial history depicted her in an extremely derogatory manner as a treacherous, cruel, and wicked woman, or a lecherous and ugly one. Due to her gender, all her actions and deeds appeared sensational and unacceptable to the world. The Empress Lü known to the world has been completely distorted, while the real Empress Lü has long been buried in the dust of two thousand years. No matter what she did back then, no matter how many actual merits and demerits she had, in the long course of history, she seemed helplessly reduced to a political puppet, a puppet of power, a puppet of men, and even a puppet of history. This book delves into the life in the majestic Changle Palace, describing Empress Lü's strength, resilience, unscrupulous methods yet vulnerability, passion, and complete selflessness. Empress Lü, a very womanly woman.