In 649 AD, Li Shimin died in . When Li Shimin died, she promised him that when the emperor passed away, she would be willing to cut her hair into a nun and would always be with the green lamp for her life.
According to the requirements of the Tang Dynasty court laws, Ganye Temple is a special temple dedicated to accepting concubines as monks in the palace. Therefore, after Li Shimin passed away, Wu Zetian went to Ganye Temple.
After entering the temple, according to the convention, someone else would ask: Is it okay to remove the top hair for you now?
The shaver should reply to the word "Xu".
However, when the abbot old nun asked Wu Zetian, she said the eight words "The hair is restored, the head will not be able to be".
Abbot couldn't help panic, and Wu Zetian's words were quite intimidating. It is precisely because of this that the abbot almost landed in his hand in frightened. Afterwards, the abbot explained his follow-up funeral to his disciples, and at the same time passed on Wu Zetian's words.
"My life is up to me, not to heaven." Wu Zetian is such a woman with a higher heart. When she conquered the emperor with her beauty and became a concubine, she was confident that the door to heaven had been opened for her, and with her beauty and intelligence, she would definitely be favored by the emperor.
However, reality was slapped in the face. Li Shimin was extremely brave and saw countless people. Naturally, Wu Zetian's tender and clumsy acting skills could be seen at a glance. Therefore, Wu Zetian has been neglected. Not only has she not been pregnant for 12 years, but her grade has not been improved. She even forced herself to stay away from the palace with soft words before Li Shimin passed away, otherwise she would not be able to escape the disaster of killing.
You should know that most of the concubines in Li Shimin's harem had no children at that time, but they could stay in the palace to enjoy the glory. Only a few were forced to become monks, including Wu Zetian. From this we can see that Li Shimin really doesn’t like Wu Zetian.
When the inner longing and the cruelty of reality collide with each other, how can Wu Zetian not be upset and how can he not complain? When she knelt in front of the Buddha and watched the abbot holding a razor, ordinary people might accept their fate.
Of course, Wu Zetian still had a longing for the future. When she saw the razor, she couldn't help but feel mixed feelings, so she said this with emotion. In other words, Wu Zetian's words were not entirely directed at the old nun.
In fact, this sentence has three meanings. The old nun only understood the literal meaning of the first layer, but did not see through the root of it. He mistakenly believed that this was Wu Zetian threatening himself.
From the literal meaning, "hair falls and rebirth" means that although the hair is shaved, it will grow sooner or later. "The head level does not mean" is quite intimidating. Combined with the first half of the sentence, it can be understood that if I make a fortune in the future, I must use your head level to avenge my hair today.
The abbot Lao Ni was naturally panicked after hearing this.
, however, it doesn't matter. After all, monks have already put life and death aside. Even if Wu Zetian comes to provoke a military officer and ask for punishment in the future, he will be free.
And the second meaning is "happiness". Judging from Wu Zetian's situation at that time, Li Shimin had murderous intentions towards her before her death. Wu Zetian wisely saw the mystery, so he promised to become a monk and stay away from right and wrong.
has only one purpose, that is, save your life first. Fortunately, Li Shimin finally let her go. Although my life is saved, I still have to have a chance to make a comeback?
So the third layer means "hope", but she doesn't know whether this hope can come true. As we all know, during Li Shimin's serious illness, Wu Zetian and Prince Li Zhi had a lingering relationship, but this relationship lasted too short, and Li Zhi and the other two could not meet each other, and there were even more beautiful women around Li Zhi. What if I forget her?
So she dare not guarantee whether Li Zhi can rescue her from the sea of suffering in the end.
In summary, it is to intimidate the abbot, be glad that he can survive and hope that he will make a comeback. So the correct translation should be:
"As long as you can save your life, you will definitely get everything you belong to you in the future."
However, Wu Zetian did not place hope to heaven. After becoming a monk, she tried every means to attract Li Zhi's attention. For this reason, she wrote the famous "Ruyi Niang" for Li Zhi.
After Li Zhi ascended the throne, He handled a lot of affairs every day and had to have good relationships with his ministers. In addition, Li's family in the Tang Dynasty had a genetic disease, which caused Li Zhi's health to be ill from time to time, so he had long forgotten Wu Zetian.
Maybe it was Wu Zetian The threat to Old Ni was effective, and the song "Ruyi Niang" was sent to Li Zhi. After Li Zhi saw it, the warm memories of the past appeared before his eyes.
Coincidentally, Li Shimin's anniversary ceremony was at Ganye Temple was held, and Li Zhi came to Ganye Temple without stopping. When the two met again, the touching scene of "Meeting on the Magpie Bridge" appeared.
Historical Books are recorded:
" On his death day, I went to the temple to visit the incense and saw it. Wu cried, and the upper part cried. "
Take a look, the two of them hugged their heads and cried, expressing their feelings to each other, which shows that the scene at that time was very warm. With this meeting, Wu Zetian's hope became a reality.
Not long after, she re-entered the palace, and then fought against the queen. Xiao Shufei , and finally even a group of old ministers such as Changsun Wuji were killed by the horse.
, such courage, wisdom and power, looking at the past and present, not to mention women, men rarely have her outstanding performance.
Reference: "Old" Book of Tang
