) contained both a Jade Capital Gate and within it a Goldtower Gate.[56]（[56] Tang liu dian 7）Liu Weizhi, one of Wu Zhao's famous Scholars of the Northern Gate, wrote a poem styling the Palace of Nine Perfections (Jiucheng gong), a summer retreat in the mountains west of Chang'an to which Wu Zhao and Gaozong occasionally adjourned in the latter's final years, as a Daoist paradise:The imperial orchard spreads before the Golden Tower;The Immortal Terrace stations the Jade Bells [imperial chariot].[57]（[57] QTS 44.540. XTS 3.74 and JTS 5.103 indicate, for instance, that in the fifth month of 678 Gaozong and Wu Zhao retreated from Chang'an to the mountain palace.）
In the second month of 684, Wu Zhao, as Grand Dowager, established a Daoist convent at Goldtower Pavilion (Jinque ting), and filled it with women formerly belonging to Gaozong's harem, who were tonsured as Daoist nuns.[58]（[58] Tang huiyao 50.878）
Zhang Changning, a sibling of the notorious Zhang brothers, hired Chen Zi'ang to write a commemorative inscription for Laozi's tomb, a eulogy directed more toward exalting Wu Zhao than honoring the Daoist founder:In this first year of Divine Achievement (697 AD)…
The Precious Tripods have been completed,The court is tranquil,And the empire is at peace.The emperor has received the way of the purple yang etherAnd been invited to the Jade Capital.[59]（[59] Quan Tangwen 214. Of course, the real reason for the memorial was to help elevate his brothers, Wu Zhao's favorites, Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi. It coincides neatly with the arrival of these two young men in Wu Zhao's court. They went on to found the Directorate for Reining Cranes in 699. Wu Zhao's nephews and other men in court touted Zhang Changzong as the reincarnation of Wang Zijin王子晉. For their biographies, see JTS 78.3337 and XTS 104.3921.）
Also, the Stele for the Ascended Immortal Crown Prince, purportedly Wu Zhao's own composition, reads, "The Jade Capital is a realm of deathlessness…the Gold Tower marks the ground of longevity."玉京为不死之乡……金阙乃长生之地。[60]（[60] Quan Tangwen (Beijin
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