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Tag: Wu Zetian

Posted on December 5, 2016

Dressed to Kill

Street statue of Lady Congsun sword-dance master of the Tang Dynasty
To other women the choice of clothes was a form of ingenious exhibition, a shameless seduction. To me, dresses were like a breastplate that I put on to set off to war against this life.

from Empress by Shan Sa

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