Wu Chengsi | |||||
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Prince Xuan of Wei Duke of Zhou | |||||
Wenchang Zuo Xiang 文昌左相 | |||||
Reign | 690–692 | ||||
Tong Fengge Luantai Sanpin 同鳳閣鸞臺三品 | |||||
Reign | 685, 690–692, 697 | ||||
Born | 649 | ||||
Died | 22 July 698 | ||||
Issue | Wu Yanji, Prince of Wei Wu Yanyi, Prince of Wei Wu Yanxiu, Prince of Huaiyang | ||||
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Father | Wu Yuanshuang 武元爽 |
Wu Chengsi (Chinese: 武承嗣; pinyin: Wǔ Chéngsì; 649-July 22, 698[1]), courtesy name Fengxian, formally Prince Xuan of Wei (魏宣王), was a nephew of the Chinese sovereign Wu Zetian and an imperial prince of the Wu Zhou dynasty. He participated in her planning in taking the throne and had wanted to become crown prince after she claimed the throne in 690, but his attempts were repeatedly rebuffed, and after she showed her intent to eventually return the throne to her son Li Zhe by recalling Li Zhe from exile in 698, Wu Chengsi died in disappointment.