As the saying goes, "men should get married, women should marry", Chinese out of the importance of family culture, has always regarded marriage as very important. Especially in ancient times, most girls obeyed their parents' arrangements when they were teenagers and married to others, and it is precisely because of this that "leftover women" were not common in ancient times, and leftover women over forty years old were even more incredible, but even so, in ancient China, there was still a leftover woman who married at the age of 44, and she was known as the first leftover woman in ancient times.
It is said that Yang Shi was the first leftover daughter in ancient times not because of how powerful she was, but because she had a daughter that no one knew, Wu Zetian, the empress of the thousands of years. As the only female emperor in Chinese history, there are countless historical records about Wu Zetian, and it is precisely because of her that Rong Yangshi, an elderly leftover woman, is well known to the world.
Yang's family comes from a prestigious family, her father served as the prime minister of the Sui Dynasty, and it is reasonable to say that for such a woman with a prominent family background, it is not difficult to find a good in-law, but why would she not marry until the age of 44? There is no clear record in history of the reason for Lady Rongguo's late marriage, but there are some rumors.
The first reason was that she herself was reluctant to marry. Yang Shi received a good education from a young age and read poetry and books, so she was different from ordinary women, she did not want to be bound by rules and regulations, she hoped to marry independently, but under the social environment at that time, her ideas could not be realized, so that she dragged herself into her forties and still waited for her in her teens.
Another reason is that ordinary men do not dare to marry her, Yang has a good family situation, and he is talented, and ordinary men will be discouraged.
Until the age of 44, Li Yuan, the emperor of Tang Gaozu, gave her to the founding hero Wu Yan, who had just lost his wife, and two years after marrying The Samurai, she gave birth to Wu Zetian, the emperor of the ancient world. Yang gave birth to a total of three daughters after marriage, and in that era of male superiority and inferiority, she did not give birth to sons for the martial family, and she had no status in the martial family, and this situation did not improve until after Wu Zetian entered the palace. And as Wu Zetian's power in the palace continued to increase, yang's status also continued to rise.
After Wu Zetian became empress, Yang was given the title of Lady of Daiguo, and later renamed lady of Weiguo. In 670, yang died at the age of 91, and Wu Zetian buried his mother Yang with the etiquette of a princess, and after she ascended the throne, he posthumously honored Yang as Empress Xiaominggao.
Yang's life is summed up as a mother and a daughter, if she did not give birth to Wu Zetian, then she had no one to rely on in the martial family, and the second half of her life would certainly be very miserable. There are countless examples of ancient mothers relying on their sons, but she can rely on her daughters to be expensive, and her life will be magically interpreted by the three words of strange women, the first half of her life is strange because of late marriage, and the second half of her life is strange because of her daughter. An ancient leftover girl who only married at the age of 44 raised her eyebrows after giving birth to her daughter.