"Python, owl, viper and gnat", which represent animals, became surnames, which was actually inseparable from the first female emperor in China history, Wu Zetian.
As the first and only orthodox female emperor in ancient China, Wu Zetian loved playing word games, and changing her surname for the enemy was one of them. Wu Zetian proclaimed himself emperor all the way, the hardships of the road and the ferocity of the means are hard to describe in a few words. In order to consolidate her position, Wu Zetian, who proclaimed herself emperor, killed her enemies who had endangered her and changed her surname to humiliate them.
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1. "Python" and "Owl"
After Wu Zetian returned to the palace from Ganye Temple, her main rivals were Queen Wang and Xiao Shufei. The harem fights to the death. Both of them are no match for Wu Zetian, and the result is extremely brutal. They were not only abolished as Shu Ren, but also tortured to death by the punishment of drunkenness invented by Wu Zetian. After her family was exiled, the clan of Queen Wang was renamed as "Python", while that of Xiao Shufei was renamed as "Owl" to satirize them as pythons and owls.
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Wu Zetian, who proclaimed herself emperor, was opposed by many forces, including the patriarch of the clan and the clan of Li. After she suppressed their rebellion, Wu Zetian slaughtered them mercilessly. Li Zhen and Li Chong's father and son rebelled, and only the family membership was cut and the surname was changed to "Qi".
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3. Historians believe that the cruelty and complexity of Wu Zetian's character is largely due to her family. Her brothers abused and bullied her for a long time, and naturally she would not show mercy to them regardless of her blood relationship after she proclaimed herself emperor. Her brothers died and flowed, but there was no happy ending. Even, she renamed her brothers Wu Weiliang and Wu Huaiyun, a branch of the Wu clan, as "Fu" to satirize their vicious hearts.