Past and Present Empress

Just the other day, in the library at the Chinese Recreation Club in Taiping, I saw a novel about Wu Ze Tian, the famed empress from the Tang Dynasty who happened to be the only woman in the history of China to assume the title of Empress Regnant when she broke all precedents by founding her own Zhou dynasty in 690. The novel surprisingly was written by Lillian Too, and I suppose this is the same Lillian Too from Malaysia who is the international best-selling author of Feng Shui books. Her books have been translated into 30 languages and are in the bestseller lists around the globe including America and Germany. It was in this same library many years ago when I heard the name of Lillian Too being mentioned by a talkative Mr. Know-All retired lawyer when the subject of Feng Shui was raised. The latter had said that he did not believe in Feng Shui and went on to say that Lillian Too was bullshiting her way to the bank. A little remark like that from a little man would not ruffle any feather, least of all, Lilian Too's I suppose, who happened to be an MBA graduate from the Harvard Business school and the first woman in Malaysia to be appointed CEO of a public listed company. Lillian is also the chairman founder of World of of Feng Shui, a feng shui merchandising and franchising company which has stores in many countries including London and Las Vegas and has created her own precedent by publishing the world’s first online feng shui magazine. When she wrote the novel on Wu Ze Tian, she probably was admiring a great powerful lady from the past just like she was probably admired by many, envied too; since she was an empress in her own right.

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Liudmila said…
We discuss with my friends in the last period all these authors and politicans that believe in only one thing -money. They write anything to have them.