| 武则天 | Wǔ Zé tiān | Wu Zetian (624-705), Tang empress, reigned 690-705 |
| 乾陵 | Qián líng | Qianling at Xianyang 咸陽市|咸阳市 in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 and empress Wuzetian 武則天|武则天 |
| 曌 | Zhào | name invented for herself by Tang empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天[Wu3 Ze2 tian1] |
| 女皇帝 | Nǚ huáng dì | empress / refers to Tang empress Wuzetian 武則天|武则天 (624-705), reigned 690-705 |
| 张易之 | Zhāng yì zhī | Zhang Yizhi (-705), Tang dynasty politician and favorite of Empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天[Wu3 Ze2 tian1] |
| 武士彟 | Wǔ Shì huò | Wu Shihuo (7th century), father of Tang empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天 |