The Dilemma of Power: Wu Zetian and Her Era

Love to watch Gain a deeper understanding of the history of the Tang Dynasty Next book: "Princess Taiping and Her Era" After reading Tang Gui, I became interested in the history of Princess Taiping. I happened to read the book Wu Zetian. I thought that these histories are all connected anyway, so I simply read them together. It's a good read. I don't know much about this period of history. Combining the TV series (Tang Gui and Gong Xin She) and this book, I have a deeper understanding of this period of Tang history. Keep learning! After reading it, I need to organize my notes! Wu Zhao Princess Taiping Queen Wei Shangguan Wan'er Princess Anle The power of women is so great!

The author's blunt humor is really endearing and interesting. It's not like boring textbook reading, but more like family gossip. The characters in just twelve chapters are also very three-dimensional. Of course, there are also elements of historical figures that are very charming. Li Shimin and Li Zhi, father and son, feel more inked than Wu Zetian, but I love to read it and dote on it.

A book with great speculative arguments. The history is mixed with truth and falsehood due to its long history. However, the author of this article uses objective and rational analysis based on citing many historical materials to show the readers the magnificent life of Wu Zetian. My first reaction after reading it was that Wu Zetian seemed to be forced to make choices throughout her life (caused by the constraints of feudal society), but she was also very witty, turning against the wind step by step, and writing her own colorful life. I watched her step by step from a woman to the emperor of the feudal dynasty. After the emperor of the feudal dynasty, whether it was Li Shimin or Li Zhi, ascended to the position of that emperor, it seemed that everything might become his enemy and threaten his own interests and lives, so they would rather kill by mistake. Therefore, Emperor Wu was inevitably like this.

Different from the traditional public perspective, it allows people to see Wu Zetian's larger pattern

The perspective is very unique, and I have a new view of Emperor Zetian.

It's okay, I have a basic understanding of history, but after all, it's just popular history, not particularly sophisticated, and I need to check it with multiple sources.

The writing is very true, it made me understand the unknown history, and it is very consistent with the logic of human nature.