Li Shimin and Wei Zi.
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Li Shimin saw it, but Guanyin Bodhisattva didn't bow down. This plot comes from a story in The Journey to the West. The plot is that Guanyin Bodhisattva came to the world on the orders of the Tathagata to choose the monk of the Eastern Tang Dynasty, so this time he chose the Tang Priest under the rule of Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty. So when Guanyin Bodhisattva sent Gazha, everyone bowed down and only Li Shimin stood.
Guanyin Bodhisattva didn't blame Li Shimin at that time, so we can't help wondering, is it really because Li Shimin regarded himself as the emperor, and his status is higher than Guanyin Bodhisattva? In fact, the correct answer is because his previous position in life is too high. It is reasonable to say that Guanyin Bodhisattva should bow down to Li Shimin. What is the specific reason? Mainly because Li Shimin's previous life was the Emperor China of the Arctic.
I still remember the scene in The Journey to the West where Li Shimin went to hell after his death. Then, Yan Luowang will lift his sedan chair and lower his status to satisfy Li Shimin. He is Yan Luowang in charge of life and death, and he can lower himself to meet Li Shimin himself. It can be said that his position is quite high.
So according to the situation at that time, Li Shimin was taller than Guanyin Bodhisattva by virtue of her previous life, and she was the immediate boss of Guanyin Bodhisattva. It stands to reason that Guanyin should bow down like Li Shimin, so Li Shimin didn't have to bow down when she saw Guanyin, not because she was the emperor on earth, but because she was the Tathagata herself and had to be polite, so she had a high status in her previous life.