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Wu Zetian, a woman, ascended the throne for sixteen years and assisted and ruled for nearly fifty years, which was unprecedented in history. With passion like fire and coldness like a sword, she overturned the tradition of male superiority and female inferiority and created the glory of women ruling the country. She promoted talents indiscriminately, and used cruel officials to kill innocent people indiscriminately; she developed the economy, stabilized society, and benefited the people, and built Mingtang, Tiangong, and Buddha statues, abusing people's power; she changed the Tang Dynasty to Zhou, seized the power of the Tang Dynasty, and returned the power to the Li family, restoring the Tang Dynasty... Yes? No? She left a majestic wordless monument in front of her tomb that was unique among emperors of all dynasties. She could rest assured that future generations would fill in the merits and demerits. She is confident that future generations will evaluate her truthfully.