Wu Zetian is the only orthodox female emperor in Chinese history and one of the oldest and longest-lived emperors on the throne. In the concept of the ancients, those over sixty years old were already long-lived, while Wu Zetian lived to the age of 82, ranking third in the longevity list of Chinese feudal emperors, the first was Qianlong, who lived to the age of 89, and the second was Emperor Liangwu, who lived to 86 years old. Do you know why Wu Zetian lived so long? Xiaobian this is to reveal the secret for you.
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Twenty-three years after Zhenguan, Li Shimin died, and according to the regulations, Wu Zetian needed to enter the Chang'an Ganye Temple with some concubines who had no children to cut their hair as nuns. Located 30 meters southwest of Houshozhai in Liucunbao Township, Weiyang District, Xi'an, Shaanxi, Ganye Temple once recorded in Qing Jiaqing's "Chronicle of Chang'an County": "Ganye Temple is a royal temple in the Forbidden Garden of the Tang Dynasty. "The environment of this temple is quite good, although Wu Zetian has lived in it for a period of bhikshuni life of green lantern ancient Buddha, away from the world, and facing the wall to cultivate Buddha, but no one in the monks inside dares to treat her badly.
How could the intelligent and ambitious Wu Zetian be willing to become a nun? In May of the first year of Yonghui, when Li Zhi entered the Ganye Temple to pay tribute to Li Shimin's anniversary, he met Wu Zetian again, and the fire of the two people's feelings was rekindled, and Li Zhi was also very reluctant to Wu Zetian. The feelings of these two people were also seen by Empress Wang, and empress Wang gave them a better compound reason in order to get more favors, she took the initiative to ask wu Zetian to be included in the palace, Li Zhi already had such a thought, he was just waiting for a more suitable opportunity. Therefore, in May of the second year of Yonghui, after Li Zhi's filial piety period expired, he recruited Wu Zetian to re-enter the palace.
Wu Zetian had been in the Ganye Temple for five years, and even though she had been disconnected from Li Zhiru, this was a temple after all, and the monks could only do family things. Therefore, Wu Zetian still spent most of his time on meditation, meditation, reading the scriptures, and so on. When monks are meditating, they will use the method of meditation to reflect on their hearts, and hope to correct their mistakes with the help of meditation, meditation will calm their mood, and in the long run, people will become more and more calm, and their emotions will become more and more rational. Here, Wu Zetian also learned the Buddhist practice of "knotting and sitting on one's knees". This also allows her to be more determined and calm in the face of difficult circumstances, and more indomitable.
Moreover, Wu Zetian also learned to chant the sutras, and we all know that when reading the Buddhist scriptures with clear rhythms. The whole person's mind will slowly calm down, become more peaceful, and make her heart more open. When Wu Zetian first entered the temple, she went from a concubine to a nun, and her heart was resentful, but reading the bible could really make her temporarily forget her troubles.
Wu Zetian's five years at The Ganye Temple can be said to have achieved great gains. After Wu Zetian returned to the palace, she relied on her power and wit to step by step to ascend to the throne. In the first year of Tianzhi, Wu Zetian was proclaimed emperor and wuzhou was established. However, at this time, Wu Zetian was old, and many things were more than enough and insufficient. The average life expectancy of the Tang Dynasty was only 50-55 years old, but Wu Zetian found that many monks in the Tang Dynasty had a very high life expectancy, so Wu Zetian began to remember the meditation method he learned in the temple, "sitting on his knees", and sometimes she also read a passage of Buddhist scriptures, and over time, her body was improved accordingly.
Later generations have also summarized the reasons for Wu Zetian's longevity, and everyone agreed that Wu Zetian's experience of learning Buddhism at The Ganye Temple, as well as the Buddhist health care techniques, are all beneficial reasons for his longevity.
Wu Zetian also wrote such a passage of the Kaijing: The supreme and profound and subtle law, millions of disasters and disasters, I see and hear it now, I am willing to understand the true meaning of the truth. For thousands of years, kaijing has been written countless times, but none of them has surpassed this one. It can be seen from this that if Wu Zetian did not have a Buddha in her heart, no matter how hard she tried, she would not be able to write such a lofty and profound sutra.
Wen xiucai, editor-in-chief of Wenlan Hairun Studio, this article is written by: Special history writer: Feng Doudou