Editing Wu Zetian (section)

== Era names ==
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| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | Zhou dynasty (690–705): ''Convention: use personal name''
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! [[Temple name]]s
! [[Chinese family name|Family name]] and [[Chinese name|first name]]
! Period of reign
! [[Chinese era name|Era name]]s and their associated dates<ref>{{cite book |last=Moule |first=Arthur C. |author-link=Arthur Christopher Moule |url=https://archive.org/details/the-rulers-of-china |title=The Rulers of China, 221 BC-AD 1949 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=1957 |location=London |pp=56-57 |oclc=223359908 |url-access=registration}}</ref>
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| Wǔ Zhào({{lang|zh|武曌}})
| 690–705
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Tiānshòu ({{lang|zh|天授}}): 16 October 690 – 21 April 692 (18 months)<br />
Rúyì ({{lang|zh|如意}}): 22 April – 22 October 692 (6 months)<br />
Chángshòu ({{lang|zh|長壽}}): 23 October 692 – 8 June 694 (19 {{frac|1|2}} months)<br />
Yánzài ({{lang|zh|延載}}): 9 June 694 – 21 January 695 (7 {{frac|1|2}} months)<br />
Zhèngshèng ({{lang|zh|證聖}}): 22 January – 21 October 695 (9 months)<br />
Tiāncèwànsuì ({{lang|zh|天冊萬歲}}): 22 October 695 – 19 January 696 (3 months)<br />
Wànsuìdēngfēng ({{lang|zh|萬歲登封}}): 20 January – 21 April 696 (3 months)<br />
Wànsuìtōngtiān ({{lang|zh|萬歲通天}}): 22 April 696 – 28 September 697 (17 months)<br />
Shéngōng ({{lang|zh|神功}}): 29 September – 19 December 697 (2 {{frac|1|2}} months)<br />
Shènglì ({{lang|zh|聖曆}}): 20 December 697 – 26 May 700 (29 months)<br />
Jiǔshì ({{lang|zh|久視}}): 27 May 700 – 14 February 701 (8 {{frac|1|2}} months)<br />
Dàzú ({{lang|zh|大足}}): 15 February – 25 November 701 (9 {{frac|1|2}} months)<br />
Cháng'ān ({{lang|zh|長安}}): 26 November 701 – 29 January 705 (38 months)<br />
Shénlóng ({{lang|zh|神龍}}): 30 January – 23 February 705 (the Zhou dynasty was abolished and the [[Tang dynasty]] was restored, but the Shenlong era continued to be used by Emperor Zhongzong until 707)
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