Since ancient times, there has only been one female emperor in Chinese history, and that is Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian's title of emperor can be said to be an ancient person who has never been before and has never come after. In those days, even today, women were considered inferior to men in every respect. At that time, Wu Zetian actually claimed the title of emperor!
To a certain extent, the opening up of the Tang Dynasty is not even today. Consider that "The Legend of Wu Meiniang" was deleted and revised. It is also surprising that women are in power now, and Xiao Cai and Xiao Pu in the Confucian cultural circle who are elected as women will involuntarily say that this is a kind of progress. In China, it was realized in ancient times a thousand years ago. It can be imagined how difficult it is for Wu Zetian to be called emperor, and Wu Zetian's wisdom has far surpassed that of ordinary people. When Wu Zetian proclaimed herself the reincarnation of a bodhisattva when she was emperor, she was actually a god-like human being.
then days
In order to highlight their own dignity, emperors often tried to isolate themselves from others, and "dancing with ink" was one of the measures. In the pre-Qin period, the meaning of the word "朕" was "mine", which was available to everyone, but Qin Shi Huang declared that after the emperor, he overbearingly announced that the word "朕" could only be used exclusively by the emperor in the future, which thus ended the tradition of monarchs calling themselves "lonely" and "widowed"; before Emperor Wu of Han, the word "long live" was very common, roughly equivalent to the current "very good", people often shouted long live (no need to bow down) when they were happy and cheering, or when they saw the local county orders, but Emperor Wu of Han had a special love for the two words "long live" From then on, we declared that the word "long live" belonged to the emperor's special product, and from then on we found that there was an extra ritual in the court (the courtiers prostrated to the emperor and shouted "Long live long live the emperor", and before that, the emperor did not have to kneel and prostrate).
Wu Zetian
And Wu Zetian is even more excessive, and this aspect can be said to be the pinnacle of perfection. She said that in order to highlight the characteristics of her own regime, the empress created a new character "Cao" (meaning "like the sun is in the sky, bright and upright, illuminating the four seas"), calling herself "WuCao", she changed the color of the flag to purple and gold, officials below the eight pins used to wear blue clothing, and now changed to blue, she changed "Luoyang" to "Shendu", the six parts of "official", "household", "ceremony", "soldier", "punishment" and "work" were "heaven", "earth", "spring", "summer", "autumn" and "winter", and also renamed Zhongshu Province as Feng (Phoenix) Pavilion. The famous historian Mr. Huang Renyu once joked that "if someone suddenly arrives at Shendu at this time, it is likely that they will be flaunted by this golden and brilliant Shendu, or because 'Fengge Luantai' mistakes the government of a large empire for a zoo." ”
The cowardice of the emperor led to foreign relatives interfering in politics, and there were many in Chinese history. Serious regimes such as Wang Mang's Generation han, and those who have misled the country are Cixi of the Qing Dynasty. The only one who claimed to be emperor as a woman was Wu Zetian. This is not an accident of history, Wu Zetian's personal wisdom and ability finally made her change her life against the sky. If someone says that without Wu Zetian, there will be Zhao Zetian and Wang Zetian, I will hehe!