What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
Tang Taizong Li Shimin was a well-known son-loving demon, and his love for children was famous in history.
However, the child he loved specifically referred to the child he had with the eldest grandson Empress.
This can be seen in the nickname he gave the child.
Li Zhi, nicknamed Zhi Nu, was born to Empress Eldest Sun.
Pheasant is a pheasant, and "slave" has a wide range of meanings in the Tang Dynasty, with love titles, which can be used to curse people, and there are also slaves who call themselves slaves.
Li Zhi's nickname means little pheasant, and slave is a love name.
Calling your son a chick, you feel love when you think about it.
Emperor Taizong's fourth son, Li Tai the Prince of Wei, was nicknamed Qingque (青雀).
In the "Zizhi Tongjian", it is recorded that Tang Taizong said that yesterday the green sparrow came to pounce on me.
Look, the emperor who can be so close to his son is really rare in history.
Princess Jinyang was the third daughter of Empress Changsun and one of Emperor Taizong's favorite daughters, nicknamed 兕子, which means little female rhinoceros.
Rhinoceros is a rough animal, giving girls such a milk name, the intention is to hope that delicate girls can be as easy to raise as rhinos, can withstand all wind and rain.
But it was a pity that Princess Jinyang died early, and when she died, Tang Taizong collapsed.
The youngest daughter born to Empress Eldest Sun, Princess Xincheng, is nicknamed Ah Yi, and is also a small bird.
The reason why Tang Taizong likes to name his children with various birds may be because he compares himself to a phoenix bird.
Tang Taizong's love for the children born to empress dowager, in addition to his father's innate love for his children, was more because of the eldest grandson empress.
The empress dowager was harmonious, and then empress dowager Changsun died prematurely, and the children born to Emperor Taizong of Tang and Empress Changsun were his last feud with Empress Changsun.
After Empress Changsun died of illness, Emperor Taizong of Tang also built an observation platform on which he could see the mausoleum of Empress Changsun.
As for Tang Taizong's children, well, that didn't matter.