uncles. With assistance by her cousin, the chancellor Yang Guozhong (whose mother was a sister of the Zhang brothers'), her petition was accepted by Emperor Xuanzong, and he posthumously restored the Zhang brothers' titles. Notes References Old Book of Tang, vol. 78. New Book of Tang, vol. 104. Zizhi Tongjian, vols. 206, 207. Tang dynasty politicians Tang dynasty generals 705 deaths Chinese spiritual writers Tang dynasty writers 7th-century births Wu Zetian