Wei Anshi (韋安石) (651–714), formally Duke Wenzhen of Xun (郇文貞公), was an official of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian`s Zhou Dynasty, serving as a chancellor several times, during the reigns of Wu Zetian, her sons Emperor Zhongzong and Emperor Ruizong, and her grandson Emperor Shang. == Background == Wei Anshi was born....