Speaking of Wu Zetian, one cannot fail to mention the years of her queen; when it comes to the queen, one cannot fail to mention the wordless stele in front of the queen's tomb. It is huge, about 8 meters high and weighs about 99 tons. But what is strange is that there is no word on such a large stone tablet, which is in sharp contrast with the sacred stele of Tang Gaozong engraved with dense inscriptions next to it.
Because Wu Zetian itself is very legendary, so everything about her will be discussed and discussed on the table by future generations. Of course, such a unique thing as the wordless stele cannot escape everyone's "spitting stars". Some later generations, by speculating on Wu Zetian’s mind, gave Wu Zetian’s Wordless Monument three interpretations:
雄伟的无字砖
1. Wu Zetian feels that he has done his best, and then The long inscription can't describe her great achievements; Second, Wu Zetian felt that he was sinful, so he did not dare to engrave his deeds on the stone tablet; Third, Wu Zetian deliberately did it, leaving his evaluation to future generations to comment.
At first glance, these three popular sayings have their own truths, but in fact they are all nonsense, because this wordless monument was erected by the then emperor Li Xianli after Wu Zetian died. Since Wu Zetian was not instigated by Wu Zetian, the three explanations mentioned above are self-defeating.
Li Xian, his mother Wu Zetian’s tombstone
However, according to the ancient Chinese ritual system, tombstones should not be erected in front of the emperor’s tomb. Because the emperor is the emperor, how can their accomplishments be described with a single inscription? Therefore, the emperor group does not have the need to erect a monument. Why did Li Xian go against the etiquette system and set up a tall monument for his mother?
Actually, it was Wu Zetian who violated the etiquette system. After Tang Gaozong's death, Wu Zetian did not follow the precedent. Instead, he set up a tombstone for Tang Gaozong, on which was inscribed the "Sheng Sheng Ji" she wrote for her husband. Gaozong and Wu Zetian were buried together. Gaozong had a tombstone. How could Wu Zetian not have it. Therefore, Li Xian also erected a tombstone for Wu Zetian.
Wu Zetian wrote an inscription for Gaozong, and set up a tombstone
For Emperor Li Xian, it was easy to build a magnificent tombstone, but it was not easy to write anything on the monument, because Wu Zetian This life is full of contradictions. In character, she is cold and tender. She is cruel and cruel to the enemy; she is very humane to the ministers;
In politics, she reuses cruel staff, which has become a major stain in governance; but she also reformed the imperial examination, appointing people on their merits, and selecting many talents, like Yao Chong , Song Jing and other Kaiyuan officials were selected during the Wu Zetian period. It can be said that Wu Zetian laid the talent foundation for the arrival of Kaiyuan's flourishing age.
Wu Zetian is too contradictory to evaluate
With many factors, Li Xian didn’t know how to evaluate his mother, so Wu Zetian’s inscription was delayed again and again until Li Xian Beng died, he did not make an inscription for Wu Zetian. After that, Li Dan and Li Longji successively stepped onto the stage of history, and the matter of writing the inscription for Wu Zetian was left behind, and the inscription was gone.
So, the wordless monument was erected in front of Qianling Mausoleum and became another symbol of Wu Zetian.
The history leaves say: After this article, Wu Zetian may not be written in a short time, so let’s summarize here. China has a long history, why did a female emperor emerge? This is of course closely related to the relatively high social background of women in the Tang Dynasty, and it is also inseparable from Wu Zetian's luck.
女皇武则天
But the most important thing is that Wu Zetian's own character plays a decisive role. She wants to break through the shackles of the patriarchal society, and she wants to prove that women can also be A good emperor can govern a country well. A few years before Wu Zetian became emperor, many people opposed her, like the Yangzhou rebellion launched by Xu Jingye, and the rebellion of Li Chong and Li Zhen and his sons.
They often don’t have a particularly convincing reason, justYu's prejudice against women is nothing. But it was their opposition, and their prejudice aroused Wu Zetian's unyielding, disobedient, and fighting spirit.
Wu Zetian with strong character
The more you oppose, I will let you down, let you see that women can also be excellent emperor.
Indeed, Wu Zetian has done many wrong things in her life, but we cannot maliciously distort her image because of her gender. Speaking of Wu Zetian, the word "cruel" may first come to mind in many people.
Feiye. After reading a lot of historical materials about Wu Zetian, I feel that "heart cruelty" is only her tool, her means to fight against the patriarchal society, and Wu Zetian herself is a kind, humane, stubborn, tenacious, wise and qualified emperor.
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