During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Wu Zetian and Emperor Gaozong of Tang were collectively known as the "Second Sage", and later became emperor Wu Zetian, a highly controversial figure in history. Compared to her ability, many people are more curious about her image, is Wu Zetian really good-looking? How much of a country, how good, can make both father and son fall under her pomegranate skirt.
When Wu Zetian entered the palace at the age of fourteen, he was named a talented person by Emperor Taizong of Tang and Li Shimin, and was given the title of "Beautiful Lady". The interpretation of flattery in the dictionary is to have the meaning of charm, seduction or attraction, and there are three other interpretations in ancient texts, one is the meaning of love: I am both flattering and pleasing to my face; the second is to use verbs to indicate that the femininity of the gaze can touch people's hearts; the third is the meaning of appreciation: people are flattered.
From the various interpretations of this word, it can be seen that Wu Zetian's appearance is in line with Li Shimin's aesthetics, so Li Shimin calls her "Beautiful Lady". Later, Li Shimin died, Wu Zetian was sent to Ganlu Temple as Li Shimin's concubine, and then was picked up by Li Zhi despite the opposition of the former harem, and was also named Zhaoyi, which also shows that Wu Zetian successfully attracted Li Zhi, you must know that boys like beautiful women, so that Li Zhi can withstand the pressure of Wu Zetian as Zhaoyi, and must also be top-notch in appearance and stature.
The reason why Wu Zetian was able to become the only female emperor in Chinese history, leaving aside her ability in the administration of the dynasty, we can consider from another angle, if the image of Wu Meiniang is not passed, first of all, she must not be able to enter the palace, since she can enter the palace, it has already explained her posture. After entering the palace, She was also given the title of "Beautiful Lady" by Li Shimin, which added a lot of points to her image, and secondly, after she went to the Ganlu Temple, if Li Zhi did not take her back to the palace, then she would spend the rest of her life in the Ganlu Temple, even if there were "Two Saints" and the female emperor, these things have shaped her image to the peak state.
Now most people in the mind to sketch is definitely a portrait of a big beauty, in our current aesthetics, it should be tall, slender, convex and upturned, and a fairy face of a girl. But we ignore a historical fact, the Tang Dynasty is a dynasty with fat as beauty, and we now take thin beauty as the opposite of the aesthetic, according to this historical fact, that is to say, the reason why Wu Zetian is so favored, mainly because she conforms to the aesthetics of the time, people around her think she is very good-looking, Li Shimin and Li Zhi were in that era, naturally affirmed the aesthetics of that time.
This historical fact shatters our illusion of Wu Zetian, she should not be the thin and picky beauty we imagine, but a rounded and tall beauty, only in this way can it be in line with the aesthetics of the Tang Dynasty. However, it can be seen from the portraits left over from history that this conjecture is correct, and the image of Wu Zetian is tall and rounded in line with the aesthetics of the Tang Dynasty.