Remembering China’s Buddhist Empress Who Paved The Way For Future Female Rulers

(ANALYSIS) Even though the Empress Dowager Ling’s rule was problematic and short — resulting in her assassination — she laid the foundation for other, more successful female rulers across medieval East Asia. Empress Dowager Ling was not a warrior, but she embraced martial symbols of her own power that were available to women in Taghbach culture, not in Chinese culture.

Analysis, Buddhism, China, Women, womenStephanie BalkwillMarch 20, 2025Buddhism, The Conversation, Stephanie Balkwill, Empress Dowager Ling, China, Women's History Month, women, Primary featureComment

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