EAS103H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ihara Saikaku, Pome, List Of Islands By Population
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It was the main route to high office in joseon korea. They followed chinese model to select officials based on talent rather then aristocratic birth. However, the yangban aristocracy kept their monopoly on access to high official through their control. As the competition of government posts increased, yangban found ways to give advantage to themselves. She was the first female emperor in chinese history, used to be one of concubine of tang gaozong. She demoted gaozong"s empress and promoted herself to be the new empress by killing her own baby girl. Gaozong later had stroke, empress wu became to make decision for his place. After gaozong die, she took control over the court by ruling behind a screen. At her age 65, she declared herself to be the new emperor of the dynasty, the zhou dynasty. Yang guifei was the beloved consort of tang xuanzong, was one of the four.
