As the only female emperor in China's feudal history, the controversy over Wu Zetian has not diminished. In addition to Wu Zetian's achievements, some "creations" related to Wu Zetian are often mentioned by later generations.
Like the eighteen characters she once "made", although seventeen words have been abolished, there is still one word, which has been passed down to this day but no one dares to use it.
For a series of political actions after Wu Zetian ascended the throne, later generations have mixed reviews.
Some people think that Wu Zetian has achieved nothing, and even dragged down the overall development progress of the Tang Dynasty, while others think that Wu Zetian has laid a good foundation for the arrival of the prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty.
Which argument is correct, no one can convince the other. However, what many people don't know is that when Wu Zetian was in power, he created eighteen characters by himself.
With this, Wu Zetian also became one of the few emperors in Chinese history who created words.
Portrait of Wu Zetian.
But how did she come up with these eighteen characters?What word has been handed down to this day, but no one dares to use it?According to the data of the two Tang books (New Tang Dynasty Book and Old Tang Book), there are a total of eighteen characters created by Wu Zetian.
However, these eighteen words are not new words that represent something unknown, but only in themRenovation on the basis of the original text
As for the reason why Wu Zetian created these words, the main reason is that he hopes that the people or ** can understand ithas recognized the text, and finally recognized her as the empress.
It's just that the falling flowers are intentional, the flowing water is ruthless, and only one of the eighteen characters created by Wu Zetian one after another has been used by later generations. The rest of the text has disappeared into the long river of history.
Even if Wu Zetian forcibly ordered that everyone must be able to write these words, not many people really remembered it. It was not until Wu Zetian suffered a coup d'état and was forced to abdicate that the above words no longer had any binding force.
But which word is it that has been handed down to this day but no one dares to use it?The answer is"曌" (zhào).Word. The main reason why no one uses it is that the word Cao has been completely linked to Wu Zetian.
During the feudal society, Wu Zetian was not only the representative of the emperor, but also at the same time"Stealing the country".representatives. Whether it is a man or a woman, as long as you use this word, it is equivalent to taking the initiative to give others the opportunity.
is like the anti-poem inscribed by Song Jiang on the Xunyang Tower in "Water Margin":
If he is Ling Yunzhi, he dares to laugh at Huang Chao's husband.Write all the yellow nests into the poems, what is it if it is not a rebellion?In particular, part of the reason for the Huangchao rebellion was the lack of officialdom.
Song Jiang's situation is similar to that of Huangchao, no wonder as soon as someone reports it, the imperial court will "make a big fuss". The poem is like that, and so is the word.
The words created by Wu Zetian, no matter which word it is or what its specific meaning is, all have a strong Wu Zetian color. With a little association, the misinterpretation has become the correct solution.
It is no wonder that during the Qing Dynasty, when the *** intensified, the probability of the word "曌" appearing was even rarer. No matter what form or reason it appears, it will be judged to be compared to Wu Zetian.
Such acts of death, as well as the possible torture and imprisonment, are not used even if people know about it.
Fortunately, in the modern world, no one is going to ban the use of this script. The reason why the number of occurrences is still relatively small is not because of fear, but because "曌" itself is a rare word and it is inconvenient to communicate.
However, the character used by King Luo Bin in the world's first text "Seeking Wu Cao for Xu Jingye" is very interesting.
Wu Zetian's creation of the word "Cao" is hopeLike the sun, moon and stars, they shine on the people。She never thought that she was worse than the male emperor, so she used the word "曌" to express her intentions. At the same time, she also hopes to convey a point of view to the people of the world, that is, she is willing to be a good emperor.
No matter what the follow-up political achievements are, at least Wu Zetian's attitude is very correct. But King Luo Bin didn't think about it so much, especially when he didn't support women as emperors in his heart. I changed the top half of 曌 directly"Eye"., pass"Qu".Word.
After such a change, Luo Bingwang described Wu Zetian's behavior as like an eagle falcon**. I have to say that cultural people use culture to satirize people, and they really have a level.