Wu Zetian is the only orthodox female emperor on Chinese history . Later, Tang Dynasty was renamed Zhou Dynasty . As a result, everyone can't help but guess. Wu Zetian's name is Wu Meiniang , and her husband's family was Li's family in the Tang Dynasty. Why did he change the country name to Zhou?
There is a saying that her father warrior was once named "Duke of Zhou", so the country name was "Zhou". For example, Li Yuan was named Duke of Tang, so after Li Yuan became emperor, he named the country "Tang". But this reason alone is far from enough, because in the Chinese concept at that time, if you did not have a prominent family background and a profound aristocratic origin, you would not be able to convince the public. Of course, unless you personally win this world.
The Wu family is obviously a poor family and is an unknown person in history. As the saying goes, the name is not justified, so Wu Zetian has to find a tall family origin for himself. But she really found it. Of course, the greater possibility was made by Wu Zetian himself.
As we all know, the ruler of Zhou's surname is Ji, and the famous Zhou Gong is called Ji Dan, and Wu Zetian's surname is Wu, how could he be a descendant of the Ji surname? According to Wu Zetian, King Ping of Zhou, who moved the capital to , Luoyang, gave birth to a young son, and the palm lines naturally formed the character Wu, so he called him Ji Wu, and his descendants changed his surname to Wu, so the Wu family came from the Ji family. From this we can see the sorrow of Wu Zetian's birth as a poor family. It is also for this reason that she changed the country's name to "Zhou" and finally established the capital of Luoyang.
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Source: CCTV4 National Treasure Archives
