Why did Wu Zetian become a nun? We have to start from the reign of Emperor Taizong Zhenguan. 1 1, in 637, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, came to Wei Zicheng (Luoyang) and heard that the teenage Wu Zetian was beautiful and in bud, so he sent someone to call her into the palace. Li Shimin saw Wu Zetian, who was as beautiful as the legend. Just named Wu Zetian as five products. He was given the name "Wu Mei", which is why later generations called Wu Meiniang.
We don't know much about Wu Zetian's life in Li Shimin from the history books, and there are not many records. However, according to records, in his later years, Li Shimin said that there was a horse named "Lion Qi", whose wildness could tame it. Wu Zetian served Li Shimin at that time. He said to Li Shimin, "I need three things to subdue this horse, one is an iron whip, the other is an iron bar, and the third is a dagger. Whip it with iron. If it refuses, I will hit it on the head with an iron bar. If it refuses, I will cut its throat with a dagger. " Li Shimin. I also praised Wu Zetian for her ambition.
However, Wu Zetian was not favored by Li Shimin. She has been a talent for 12 years, and her position has not been promoted. But during 12 years, especially in the late Li Shimin. Wu Zetian and Prince Li Zhi began to cut the emotional chaos. This is also a foreshadowing for her to return to the palace from Ganye Temple in the future. In the twenty-second year of Zhenguan, in 649, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, died. In accordance with the provisions of the Tang Dynasty, Wu Zetian took some childless concubines to Chang 'an Ganye Temple as nuns.
Some film and television works, unofficial history records and novels all say that Wu Zetian became a monk because Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty had a dream. In my dream, I met a woman named Wu, who wanted to kill him. Later, someone invited me to interpret dreams. The dream interpreter said that Wu Zetian could not be killed. The best way is to drive Wu Zetian to be a nun. But these are all nonsense, not historical truth. Historically, the reason why I entered Ganye Temple as a nun was because of the system problems in the Tang Dynasty. As mentioned above, Wu Zetian is not the only one who became a monk in Ganye Temple. All the infertile concubines entered Ganye Temple.
If Wu Zetian enters the feeling that being a nun is a means, it is better to say that she is the real wisdom to seduce Li Zhi!