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'''Empress Dowager Lü Zhi''' ([[Chinese]]: 呂雉; [[Hanyu pinyin]]: Lŭ Zhì) was the wife of [[Emperor]] [[Han Gaozu]] and later Empress [[Dowager]]. After the death of Emperor Gao in 195 BC, she installed her son as Emperor and ruled as reagent until her death in 180 BC.

'''Empress Dowager Lü Zhi''' ([[Chinese]]: 呂雉; [[Hanyu pinyin]]: Lŭ Zhì) was the wife of [[Emperor]] [[Han Gaozu]] and later Empress [[Dowager]]. After the death of Emperor Gao in 195 BC, she installed her son as Emperor and ruled as reagent until her death in 180 BC.

She was known as a cruel and power-hungry woman. To ensure that her son Hui became Emperor, she had all other successors murdered. After his death, she used similar tactics to place Emperor Hui's sons on the throne, despite the fact that her late husband prohibited this.

She was known as a cruel and power-hungry woman. To ensure that her son Hui became Emperor, she had all other successors murdered. After his death, she used similar tactics to place Emperor Hui's sons on the throne, despite the fact that her late husband prohibited this.<ref>[https://chinaheritage.net/journal/in-the-year-of-the-pig-chairman-maos-bitch-and-xi-jinpings-swine/ Empress Lü and the Human Swine]</ref>

Unlike [[Wu Zetian]], Lü Zhi has few defenders today. She is sarcastically known as ''dayima'' (大姨妈, literally "eldest aunt"), a name she made her subjects call her.

Unlike [[Wu Zetian]], Lü Zhi has few defenders today. She is sarcastically known as ''dayima'' (大姨妈, literally "eldest aunt"), a name she made her subjects call her.