Packet B: Tossup 14

When challenged to tame a “Lion Stallion,” this person asked for a whip, hammer, (10[1])and dagger to hit and (10[1])kill it until it obeyed. (10[1])Many believe (10[1])that this person wrote the introduction of the Great Cloud (10[1])Sutra (10[2])and was a reincarnation of the Devi (10[1])of Pure (10[1])Radiance that the (10[1])sutra prophesied. (10[1])The (10[1])Vairocana (10[2])(“vye-ROH-chuh-nuh”) Buddha at the Longmen Caves may represent this person as (10[1])one of Vairocana’s reincarnations. (-5[1])The Zhang brothers, both lovers and advisors of this ruler, (10[2])were killed (10[1])in the coup that deposed this ruler. (10[2])This (10[1])person recast the legendary (10[1])Nine (10[1])Tripod Cauldrons and moved (10[1])the capital to Luoyang (10[3])while creating (-5[1])a (10[1])symbolic second (10[2])Zhou (10[1])Dynasty. (10[3])This ruler (10[2])rose from being (10[2])Gaozong’s (10[2])regent (10[2])and a member (10[2])of Li Shimin’s (10[2])harem (10[1])to (10[1])replacing (-5[1])the (10[1])Tang (10[1])dynasty. (10[1])For (10[1])10 points, (-5[1])name this only female (10[2])emperor (10[6])of China. (10[2])■END■ (10[9]0[7])

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