Wu Zetian became an empress in history, did he rely on appearance or wisdom? For thousands of years, there has not been a single established view, many ancient books have evaded this difficult problem, and many historians have exaggerated their comments about Wu Zetian, but no one knows how capable she really is. So, what is Wu Zetian in the eyes of historical celebrities?
The well-known Tang Dynasty astrology scholar Yuan Tiangang, a prophet, was quite interested in Yuan Tiangang not long after Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, so he returned to Beijing for reference, and on the way back to Beijing, he passed through Lizhou, that is, the area where Wu Zetian's father belonged at that time, Wu Zetian's father heard about Yuan Tiangang's passage, so he invited him to his home and brought Chen to his eyes.
After listening to a conversation, the father was even more excited to dance, so he called out to his two sons for Yuan Tiangang to look at one by one, and when he saw Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang, he said to Wu Zetian's father with an unswerving look that these two children must become people taller than their ancestors in the future, and his father was also very surprised after hearing it, at this time Wu Zetian was on the side, and after looking at it, Yuan Tiangang said that this woman must be rich in the future.
But at this time, Wu Zetian was a baby in the quilt, his parents let the nurse hold Wu Zetian, Yuan Tianba muttered to himself after seeing it, saying that he had seen it and thought that the achievements in the swaddling were unlimited, but the baby's gender could not be distinguished in the package. After looking at it more carefully for a while, he simply said, "If this child were a girl, she would definitely become a person in the imperial court who said nothing in the future." Is this euphemism the future emperor? But at that time, it was not allowed to talk nonsense, if it fell into the ears of ordinary people, it would definitely lead to disaster.
The origin of the relevant four-character idiom of "dragon's eye and phoenix neck" is also recorded in the historical record, and the creator Liu Su once made up such a small story, and its purpose was also to brag about Yuan Tiangang at that time. At that time, it was quite feudal and superstitious, and even the emperor believed this.
In history, there is no record of how Li Shimin at that time viewed Wu Zetian's appearance, but experiencing such a passage probably means that Li Shimin heard that the daughter of the wu family was beautiful, so he summoned him to the palace, and when he saw Wu Zetian, Li Shimin called this name "Mei Niang", which was regarded as a smart and obedient person by Mei Niang at that time.
Many people think that the "Lu She" in the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, Henan Province, a huge stone Buddha statue, was built to commemorate Wu Zetian, and Guo Moruo also said that Wu Zetian's appearance is beyond doubt. If Wu Zetian was a charming woman, then why not be a polymath and a polymath emperor?