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The true history of Wu Zetian
Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in China, is a name with historical charm, a legendary historical figure rather than a legend. She was the founding hero of the Tang Dynasty? The second daughter of Emperor Taizong, the concubine of Li Shimin, and Tang Gaozong, the queen of Li Zhi.

She assisted Emperor Gaozong in handling military affairs. After managing state affairs for 30 years, she ascended the throne and claimed to be the emperor of the Holy Spirit. She abolished Tang, changed her name to Zhou, and became the only queen in the history of China. From her participation in the political affairs, claiming to be the emperor, to her serious illness and moving to Yang Palace, she was in power for nearly half a century, inheriting the "Zhenguan rule" and opening up the "Kaiyuan Shi Sheng", whose historical achievements are well known to the world.

Wu Zetian, formerly known as Wu Zhao, became a martial artist after she proclaimed herself emperor. In the early Tang Dynasty, he was born in Wenshui (now Wenshui County, Shanxi Province). She was born in the first month of the seventh year of Wude, Tang Gaozu (624) and died in November of the first year of Emperor Zhongzong Shenlong (705). The biological mother is Bushido's second wife, the daughter of Longyou scholar-bureaucrat, prime minister of Sui Dynasty and Suining Da.

Wu Zetian, born in the early Tang Dynasty, was a wealthy official family. Her prominent power and luxurious life nourished her infinite desire for power. However, the gentry's family style prevailed in the early Tang Dynasty, and she was born in cloth and humble origins, which made her despised by the secular and unwilling to bury her.

This special situation and experience strongly stimulated Wu Zetian when she was young, and cultivated her desire to pursue and seize the highest power arrogantly, to achieve obedience, and to ruthlessly retaliate against all unscrupulous means. This was particularly prominent in her later political struggles, even in a series of political struggles called "loneliness in the south".

Then Tian was smart, quick-witted, expressive and courageous from an early age. Deeply impressed by her talent, her father taught her to read and write to familiarize her with the world. Shi Zi, when he was thirteen or fourteen years old, was well-read and learned by heart. He also laid a certain foundation in poetry and lyrics, and he was good at calligraphy and outstanding in words.

: Wu Zetian (624- 705 16 February), whose real name was _, was later renamed _, the only orthodox female emperor in China history (reigned from 690 to 705), and one of the oldest (reigned at the age of 67) and longest-lived emperors (reigned all the year round).

In the first year of Shenlong (705), Wu Zetian was seriously ill, and Prime Minister Zhang Jianzhi launched the "Shenlong Revolution" to support the restoration of Tang Zhongzong and forced him to abdicate. After the restoration of the Tang Dynasty, Zhongzong was honored as the "Emperor of Heaven". In the same year 1 1 month, Wu Zetian died in shangyang palace at the age of 82. In accordance with his last wish, Zhongzong changed his name to "Zetian Tiansheng Queen" and was buried in Ganling as a queen. Later, she became the "Tianshun Saint Queen".

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia Wu Zetian