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Culture Spotlight: Peony, the Only Flower Dare to Say No to the Empress Wu
I hope your April has been filled with poetry. Earlier this week, I noticed our tree peonies starting to bloom. It reminded me of a tale involving poetry, peonies, and Empress Wu (武則天). “Who is Empress Wu?” you might ask. “Oh, just the one and only woman ruler in 3,500 years of written Chinese history,”…