Empress Wu Zetian and the Development of Buddhism:Historical Significance and Contemporary Implications

作     者：SHI Yuxin 

作者机构：No.2 High School of East China Normal UniversityShanghaiChina 

出 版 物：《Cultural and Religious Studies》 (文化与宗教研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2023年第11卷第11期

页      面：564-568页

学科分类：01[哲学] 0101[哲学-哲学] 010107[哲学-宗教学] 

主　　题：Wu Zetian Zizhi Tongjian Buddhism character image implication of time 

摘      要：The paper focuses on Wu Zetian,the only empress in China’s history,and her relationship with *** study focuses on the book Zizhi Tongjian and compares the differences in the portrayal of Wu Zetian’s connection with Buddhism with the ancient texts of the Old Tang Book and the New Tang *** uses historical contextualism to analyze the epochal implications of these differences in the Northern Song ***,the paper discusses how historians downplayed or marginalized Wu Zetian’s achievements while emphasizing the negative aspects of her ***,historian Sima Guang,who was influenced by Confucianism and his own political situation,produced a biased description of Wu Zetian and the Buddhism which she promoted during her reign.