Empress Gao

Empress Gao may refer to:

  • Empress Lü Zhi, the wife of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty
  • Empress Gao (Xuanwu), empress of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei
  • Empress Gao (Xiaojing), empress of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Eastern Wei
  • Empress Gao (Xiaowu), empress of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei
  • Gao Guiying, empress of the Shun Dynasty of Chinese peasant rebellion leader Li Zicheng

Famous quotes containing the word empress:

    “We never really are the adults we pretend to be. We wear the mask and perhaps the clothes and posture of grown-ups, but inside our skin we are never as wise or as sure or as strong as we want to convince ourselves and others we are. We may fool all the rest of the people all of the time, but we never fool our parents. They can see behind the mask of adulthood. To her mommy and daddy, the empress never has on any clothes—and knows it.”
    —Frank Pittman (20th century)