What is the relationship between Yuan Tiangang and Wu Zetian?
Yuan Tiangang (date of birth unknown), also known as Yuan Tiangang. Yizhou Chengdu (now Sichuan) people. China was an official fortune teller in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Astronomers in Tang Dynasty. Yuan Tiangang's father died when he was young, and his family was poor, but he liked Taoism and was good at facial expressions.
In the great cause of Yang Di the Great (605 -6 18), he was appointed as an official envoy. Tang Gaozu Wude (6 18 -626) was appointed as Firewell Order. At the end of Weiye, Du Yan, Wang Gui, Wei Ting and Dou Gui were interviewed, and everything they said came true.
In the eighth year of Zhenguan (634), Emperor Taizong heard his name and called him to Jiucheng Palace. Later, it was also physiognomy by Cen Wenben, Zhang Hangcheng and Ma Zhou, all of which were effective. The historical records recorded Yuan Tiangang very accurately, and later predicted his death date, which also came true.
Anecdotal allusions
According to legend, Yuan Tiangang and Li traveled with Emperor Taizong and came to the river. They happened to see two horses playing by the river. One was red and the other was black. Seeing this scene, Emperor Taizong had a whim and asked the two masters to predict who would get into the water first.
Yuan Tiangang predicted that a divination was a departure from divination, fire and red, so he immediately asserted: "The red horse goes into the water first." Li shook his head and denied it. He said: "When the fire didn't burn, the smoke had already started, and the smoke was black. It should be that the dark horse went into the water first. "
Emperor Taizong waited for a while with excitement. If he saw the red horse put his mouth into the water to drink first, the dark horse jumped into the river to take a bath first. Emperor Taizong laughed and even said that the two men were clever in their tactics, and even predicted a "win-win" result.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yuan Tiangang