So long as you officials do not hand out appointments recklessly, why should you fear what the people of the realm say?
君臣相對,鬚髮皓白,豈不為樂。
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Wu Zetian
The only female emperor in Chinese history (624-705). Founded the Zhou dynasty in 690, reformed civil-service examinations, promoted commoners — but built a regime of informants and purges that took even her own sons.
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Source: (本来は康熙帝の言葉。武則天には誤帰属の疑いがある)Disputed