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A question that has troubled everyone for thousands of years, what is the meaning of Wu Zetian's wordless monument?

I think Wu Zetian’s wordless monument has two meanings: first, Wu Zetian believed that her contribution was too great to be recorded in words, so she erected a wordless monument; second, Wu Zetian usurped Li The emperor of the Tang Dynasty did not want those Confucian scholars to scold him on his stone tablet, so he erected a wordless tablet. In fact, these are all speculations of later generations. As for the real reason, only Wu Zetian herself knows. Therefore, Wu Zetian's wordless monument has troubled everyone for thousands of years, and I really admire that a wordless monument has troubled people in the past generations.

Wu Zetian is the first female emperor in the history of our country to create a new country. Her talent, her courage, and her political methods are really admirable. Wu Zetian was originally Li Shimin's talent. After Li Shimin's death, his talents were all taken to Marble as nuns. Tang Gaozong had always coveted Wu Zetian's beauty, so he brought her into his palace. Slowly, Wu Zetian took advantage of Tang Gaozong's favor towards her to develop her own strength. Finally, after Tang Gaozong's death, she changed her country's name to Zhou and became the emperor. But for such a character, she left a wordless monument after her death. It is really puzzling. What is the meaning of her behavior? I think there are two points: 1. Wu Zetian felt that words could not carry her political achievements.

We have to admit that during Wu Zetian’s reign, she did have very good political control, with great political strategies and methods. She also achieved many political achievements and was admired by future generations. Therefore, Wu Zetian believed that she was the first female emperor among the emperors to establish a new dynasty, so her political achievements were very high, which could not be carried by the few words engraved on the tombstone, so since it could not be carried, she simply did not engrave the words. Let future generations do their own research. 2. Wu Zetian knew that she had usurped the Tang Dynasty and was afraid of being reviled by future generations

In fact, in the later period, Wu Zetian knew that she would be reviled by others for usurping Li Tang's world, so she finally handed over the power to Li Tang's descendants. . In ancient times, those who carved inscriptions on tombstones were Confucian scholars, and traditional Confucianism hated disobedience and usurping the throne. Therefore, Wu Zetian was afraid that her tombstone would be stigmatized by these Confucian scholars, so she did not find anyone to engrave words on it.

So, I think the wordless monument that has troubled people for thousands of years should have the above two meanings.