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Good reads to stay ahead.
(From New Straits Times (Malaysia))
BOOKS designed to help employees get ahead in the game are among the most popular titles in bookstores. We took a look at some interesting books now on the shelves: THE IMPERIAL MIND: The Fascinating and Deeply Strategic Mind of Empress Wu Zetian By Foo Check Teck Horizon Books RM38, pp214 BORN in 625 AD during the Tang Dynasty, Wu Zetian began her career at the age of 13, when she became a concubine of Emperor Tai Tsung. Although women led relatively empowered lives at the time, they were largely excluded from politics, which was controlled by the all-male Imperial Court. Lady Wu proved to be the exception; from her lowly position she defied the odds and climbed the palace ranks, eventually becoming the only female emperor in China's 5,000 years of recorded history.
How did she do it? Dr Foo Check Teck, who has written several books about the study of strategy, deconstructs Lady Wu's rise to the top and provides a case study for contemporary women looking to get ahead in their male-dominated fields. ..TX: FINANCIAL SUTRA FOR MALAYSIANS: Your Personal Guide to Wealth Creation By B.J. Ooi and Andy Ong AFPJ Pte Ltd RM29.50, pp148 IF job satisfaction is the yin component of a career, then making money is its yang. Here Ooi and Ong, who is the managing editor of the Asia Planning Journal, provide a ...
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- Magazine article from: China Review International Lengyel, Alfonz September 22, 2003 700+ words
...politics and power during the reign of Wu Zetian, the only empress of China. Influenced...the Tang, including the lurid tale of Wu Zetian and her lover. He also mentions the...conversations between the aged empress Wu Zetian and her thirty-something virgin lover...
- New Scenic Spot at Tang Imperial Tomb
- Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire May 9, 1996 700+ words
...occupies the grounds of the Qianling Mausoleum of Wu Zetian (624-705), the first woman to ascend the...eye is the stele with no words at the tomb of Wu Zetian. According to legend, Wu Zetian left instructions before her death that a stele...
- Historical Relics About Female Emperor Displayed
- Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire September 6, 1996 700+ words
...historical relics related to female Emperor Wu Zetian (624-705) and women in the Tang Dynasty...Province three significant places in Emperor Wu Zetian's life. Wu, the only female emperor...that the exhibition is intended to show Wu Zetian's contributions to the development...
- Cultural Relics-rich Provinces Co-develop Historical Resources
- Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire September 12, 1996 700+ words
...provinces to join forces to develop their historical resources. Wu Zetian, wife of Emperor Gaozong, and later a ruler of the Tang Dynasty...to hold a large cultural relics show in Xi'an, "Empress Wu Zetian and Women in the Tang Dynasty". The show, which opened on...
- Teaching about women in China and Japan: a thematic approach. (Women of the...
- Magazine article from: Social Education Reese, Lyn January 1, 2003 700+ words
...of becoming "like a hen crowing" Years after the reign of Wu Zetian (Tang Dynasty, 625-705 C.E.), China's only female...groups. Chinese Buddhism was at its height during the reign of Wu Zetian, who promoted the religion and even justified her rule by...
- Xi'an Police Hold Relics-Selling Suspects
- Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire March 20, 1996 700+ words
...and 55 cm high, were "very possibly related with Empress Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty (618-907)". The excavation site where...is only about 1,000 m away from the Ganye Temple, where Wu Zetian had practised Buddhism. Experts concluded that the exquisite...
- Los "reyes" chinos.
- Magazine article from: Proceso Durán de Huerta, Marta February 4, 2007 700+ words
...En tres aos sus empresas ganaron 5 mil millones de dlares. Prximamente estrenar una telenovela sobre la emperatriz china Wu Zetian. En noviembre pasado la revista Forbes public una lista con los 100 hombres ms ricos de China, entre los que destacan 29...
