The other was Princess Pingyang, daughter of Emperor Gaozu of Tang, married to Chai Shao. She made great achievements for Li Yuan for the Great Tang.
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the people were in great distress and the world was in chaos. In May of the 13th year of Sui Daye (617 AD), Li Yuan decided to rise up. And at that time Li Yuan's chances of winning were not much. His territory was on the distant border of Shanxi, far from the capital Chang'an and the eastern capital Luoyang. He had a small army of 10,000 men, and he had to face Turkic attacks every day, and worst of all, his family was in Chang'an, with only his second son, Li Shimin, at his side. When he left his own defense, he declared that he was going to Jiangdu to meet Emperor Yang who was trapped there, but the direction of his march was directly to the capital Chang'an. Of course, this kind of "cover-up" could not be concealed from the Sui officials in Chang'an. Chang'an immediately ordered the arrest of Li Yuan's family members. The arrest list included Li Yuan's third daughter, Princess Pingyang, and her husband, Chai Shao.
The situation was so critical that Princess Pingyang and her husband had a quick discussion and decided to split up, with Chai Shao going straight to Taiyuan while Princess Pingyang made all the arrangements in the rear. She quickly moved back to Li's estate in Shuangxian County (present-day Huxian County, Shaanxi Province), disguised as a man and calling herself Duke Li, sold her local properties to provide relief to the victims, and soon recruited a team of several hundred people. Soon the news of Li Yuan's rising came. Hearing this news, Princess Pingyang resolved to recruit more military strength for her father.
She went around contacting the anti-Sui volunteers. This young woman, with her superhuman courage and talent, recruited four or five insurgent armies that were already quite large in the jungle in a little over three months. The biggest one was the Hu merchant He Panren, who had tens of thousands of men under his command at that time. Princess Pingyang sent her servant Ma Sanbao to persuade He Panren to surrender. By some unknown means, He Panren, who was far more powerful than Princess Pingyang, was willing to be her subordinate. After Princess Pingyang had organized He Panren, she successively organized Li Zhongwen, Xiang Shanzhi, Qiu Shili and other volunteers, and her power was greatly increased. During this period, the imperial court kept sending troops to attack Princess Ping Yang. The army led by Princess Pingyang not only defeated every attack, but also took over Tuxian, Zhouzhi, Wugong, Shiping and other places.
The army was organized by Princess Ping Yang, and they were all bandits who killed without blinking an eye. If there are no real skills, it is the men can not suppress them, not to mention the source of its soldiers from the original non-uniform system. In a short period of time, the collected rabble into a hundred battles of the powerful brigade, achieved such a great success, see Princess Pingyang's organizational ability and command ability is really outstanding.
This is a woman as the commander of the army, military discipline is very strict, Princess Pingyang order will be carried out, the whole army are to her respect. In those years of chaos, the army was widely supported. The people called Princess Pingyang "Li Niangzi" and her army "Niangcun". The reputation of the Maiden Scouts spread far and wide, and many people came from thousands of miles away to join them. Soon, Princess Pingyang's army exceeded 70,000 men. Princess Pingyang's military intuition and insight, is called a genius, Sui general Qu Tutong once under her to eat several big defeats.
Li Yuan crossed the Yellow River into Guanzhong in September 617 A.D., and was pleased to see that his third daughter had already laid down a large area of territory for him in Guanzhong. He sent Chai Shao to greet Princess Pingyang. Next, Princess Pingyang selected more than 10,000 elite troops to meet Li Shimin on the north bank of the Wei River and ****together they attacked Chang'an. Chai Shao belonged to Li Shimin's ministry and was equal in rank to Princess Pingyang. The husband and wife each led an army, and each had his or her own staff.
They fought in one place in November, and soon conquered Chang'an.
The significance of Princess Pingyang's actions in Guanzhong for the establishment of the Li Tang dynasty cannot be overestimated. After the establishment of the Tang dynasty, Li Yuan named his favorite daughter "Princess Pingyang".
After the conquest of Chang'an, Princess Pingyang was again handed over to make a contribution to the Tang dynasty. Because although Li Yuan took Chang'an, but he only roughly controlled half of Guanzhong, he was surrounded by enemies. After stabilizing Chang'an, Li Yuan immediately turned around to deal with Xue Ju, who held the land of Longxi, and Li Kuan, who held the land of Liangzhou (present-day Wuwei in Gansu), and Li Yuan ordered Li Shimin to conquer them. It took Li Shimin about two years to sweep away these forces. The battle that established Li Tang's rule was the destruction of Wang Shichong. In this battle, the Tang army surrounded the city and took out Dou Jiande, who came to Wang Shichong's rescue. Chai Shao was involved in these battles. It would be out of character to say that Princess Pingyang was enjoying her happiness in Chang'an at this time. As an outstanding general, she certainly had to take part in these decisive battles that decided the fate of the Tang Dynasty. It is said that when Li Shimin fought in the northwest of China, he relied heavily on Princess Pingyang and her troops to overcome his enemies. After the destruction of Dou Jiande, the remaining push Liu Heixu as the leader, in the fourth year of Wude (621 AD) in July in Zhangnan (now Hebei Gucheng) to rise against the Tang Dynasty, they are the northern connection Turkic, less than half a year to restore Dou Jiande's old land. Princess Pingyang's main task at this time was to defend the Li family's base camp in Shanxi, where she was stationed at Niangzi Pass. Niangziguan is located in today's Shanxi Province, Pingding County, northeast of the Mianshan Mountain, in and out of Shanxi's throat, the original name of the Reed Zee Pass, because Princess Pingyang rate of tens of thousands of "Niangzi Scouts" stationed here to change the name of Niangziguan. Shanxi is the Central Plains and Guanzhong region of the barrier, no Shanxi is the Central Plains and Guanzhong instability, Princess Pingyang led troops stationed in Niangzi Pass, the purpose is to prevent the enemy from entering Shanxi.
After the Battle of Chang'an, Princess Pingyang's deeds were no longer seen in history. Until six years later, Wude six years (623 AD) in February early history books suddenly recorded a her death. And the reason why it will be recorded on this one is also mainly due to her funeral is different, Princess Pingyang was buried with military honors. Posthumous name is Zhao.
The Princess Pingyang, is China's feudal history, the only one by the army for her funeral woman.
Princess Wencheng
Princess Wencheng: (625-680), the name Li Xueyan, Tang Emperor Li Shimin clan female. She was of Han nationality. She is intelligent and beautiful, since childhood by the family cultivation, learning culture, knowledge of books and rituals, and believe in Buddhism.
Songtsen Gampo is a hero in Tibetan history, rising in the middle reaches of the Tibet River (now the Yarlung River) in the Yalung Valley area. He unified the Tibetan region, became the Tibetan Zanpou ("head of the king"), and established the Tubo dynasty. In the 14th year of the Tang Dynasty (640), he sent his prime minister, Lu Dongzan, to Chang'an, offering 5,000 taels of gold and hundreds of treasures to the Tang Dynasty for marriage. Emperor Taizong allowed the marriage of his daughter, Princess Wencheng.
In the 7th century, Songtsen Gampo, the king of Tibet, shocked the Tang Dynasty. At that time, the Tang Dynasty had the most advanced economy and culture in the world. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty believed that "one marriage is equivalent to 100,000 soldiers." Princess Wencheng, a simple and sensible princess, took the initiative to enlist as the 25-year-old wife of Songtsen Gampo. 16-year-old Princess Wencheng quickly adapted to the highland climate of Tibet; at the same time, she challenged Songtsen Gampo's wisdom. Five times than the Songtsen Gampo's courtship envoy Ludongzan: with a silk belt through a piece of turquoise with curved holes (Jiuqu Mingzhu); pointing out the root and the tip of a stick as thick as the ends; distinguish between the 100 ponies shut up in the same place each is 100 mares which was born; night summoned into the maze like the Grand Palace to watch the play, after the play suddenly arranged for the envoy to return to his own place alone; finally, the Princess Wencheng stood up to 300 girls for the envoys, who had never seen Princess Wencheng before, to choose from. --This is a classic moment in the great exchange of Tibetan and Chinese culture.
Tibetan culture, as a culture of high altitude - the roof of the world - has all the characteristics of high altitude. Tibetans, with their beauty of simplicity, boldness and generosity, have drawn on other cultures to create their own 34 Tibetan scripts. Shigatse, meaning "the best manor" in Tibetan; Lhasa, meaning "holy place" or "Buddha's land" in Tibetan; and Loplingka, meaning "the best place" in Tibetan. Loplingka, meaning "precious garden"; the birthplace of Tibet, the sacred mountain and lake, is recognized as the center of the world by Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism, Tibet's original religion, Benjaminism, and ancient Jainism. The sacred mountain and sacred lake on the Gonzaga is recognized as the world's sacred mountain, seems to be crowned with a silver "pyramid".
Fifteen years (641), Princess Wencheng in the Tang to send relatives to make Jiangxia Wang Taizong's younger brother Li Daozong and Tubo to welcome special envoy Ludongzan's accompaniment, out of Chang'an to Tubo. Songtsen Gampo in Bohai (now Mado, Qinghai) personally greeted, visited Daozong, the son-in-law of the ceremony. Afterward, with Princess Wencheng with the return of logos (now Lhasa). Princess Wencheng lived in Tubo for nearly 40 years, has been highly respected.
According to the "Tubo dynasty hereditary Mingjian" and other books, Princess Wencheng into Tibet, the team is very large, Tang Taizong dowry is very generous. Shakyamuni Buddha, treasures, gold and jade bookcase, 360 volumes of classics, a variety of gold and jade ornaments. And give a variety of cooking food, a variety of patterns of brocade cushions, divination classics 300 kinds of identification of good and evil Mingjian, 60 kinds of construction and technical writings, 100 kinds of medical prescriptions, medical treatises 4 kinds of diagnostic methods 5 kinds of medical equipment 6 kinds of. Also carry a variety of grains and turnip seeds and so on.
Yong Hui first year (650), Songtsen Gampo died, Princess Wencheng has been living in Tibet. She loved her fellow Tibetans and was loved by the people. She had designed and assisted in the construction of the Da Zhao Monastery and Xiao Zhao Monastery. Under her influence, the Chinese milling, weaving, pottery, papermaking, brewing and other crafts were successively transmitted to the Tubo; she brought poems, agricultural books, Buddhist scriptures, history books, medical textbooks, calendars and other canonical books, which contributed to the development of the Tubo's economy and culture, and strengthened the friendly relations between the Chinese and Tibetan people. She brought the gold Shakyamuni Buddha statue, which is still worshipped by the Tibetan people.
Yonglong first year (680), Princess Wencheng died, the Tubo dynasty held a grand funeral for her, the Tang envoys went to Tubo hanging sacrifice. To date, Lhasa still preserves the Tibetan people to commemorate her statue, which has a history of more than 1300 years.
Yushu County, Qinghai Province, also built Princess Wencheng Temple. Temple in the center of the Princess Wencheng statue, sitting on the lion lotus seat, 8 meters high, vivid image, fine carving. Here all year round incense, ghee lamps day and night long bright, come to worship the Tibetan and Chinese people in an endless stream. Legend has it that Princess Wencheng went to Lhasa on the way, had stayed here for a long time, by the local Tibetan chiefs and the masses of the grand welcome, she was y moved, she decided to live more days, and teach the local people farming, weaving techniques. Now Princess Wencheng Temple has been listed as a national cultural relics protection unit.
Chinese history, there are a lot of princesses or royal women married to the king of the tomato state and the case of marriage, the Tang Taizong period, Princess Wencheng married the Tubo, is a model of the case of marriage. Under her influence, the friendship between the Chinese and Tibetan peoples has developed greatly, so the Princess Wencheng known as the most successful female diplomat is not too much.
Tubo is now Tibet, before the Tang Dynasty and the Middle Kingdom did not come and go. It is said that the Tubo people is the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the king of the South Rang Xianbei people bald hair Lilu lu descendants, because of the loss of the country and migrated to the Tibetan plateau, in order to commemorate their ancestors, they are "bald hair" for the country, and then according to the voice of similar blackmail changed to "Tubo". Tubo people live a nomadic life, raising yaks, horses, pigs and camels, some also planted barley and buckwheat. In the seventh century AD, the abandonment of the Zongzang Zan succeeded as the Tubo Zanpu (King of the Tubo), people also called him Songtsen Gampo, is a valiant leader, he led the army to unify many tribes on the Tibetan Plateau, the establishment of the Logos City as the center of the strong kingdom, Logos City, that is, the present-day Lhasa.
Tang Taizong Zhenguan 12 years, Songtsan Gampo rate Tubo army attacked the Tang border town of Songzhou, that is, today's Songpan County, Sichuan; Tang dynasty under the governance of Tang Taizong, at this time, is rich and strong, and then sent Hou Junji Governor to lead the army crusade. Defeated the Tubo in Songzhou city. Songtsen Gampo had to bow down, and the great Tang's strong admiration, he wrote a letter of thanks at the same time, but also special to the Tang court to propose marriage.
Tang Taizong after some consideration, decided to agree to his request, Princess Wencheng people look dignified and plump, since young, well read poetry, although she was doubtful about the distant Tubo, but full of novelty, and thus also agreed. After more than two months of preparation, in the winter of the 15th year of Zhenguan, a very sizable team of bridegroom, led by the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, King Li Daozong of Jiangxia County, escorted Princess Wencheng to the Tubo and marriage.
The reason why to set off in the winter season, because from Chang'an through Longnan, Qinghai to Tibet has more than a month's journey, along the way to pass through a few fast-flowing river, winter season river water is calm, to facilitate the procession through the bride. This team, in addition to carrying a rich dowry, but also with a large number of books, musical instruments, silk and grain seeds; composition of members in addition to Princess Wencheng dowry maidservant, there are a number of scribes, musicians and agricultural personnel, almost like a "cultural mission" and "agricultural team ". These people are going to do what? Because at that time, Tushan had already crushed the Tugu Hunn, Yiran has become the southwest of the pivotal state; Tang Taizong far-sighted, feel that only to the Tubo to strengthen the enlistment, in order to ensure the stability of the southwestern frontier of the Great Tang Dynasty, and therefore try every possible means to them from the economy and culture to be assisted, so that the Tubo in the subconscious in the appreciation and follow the Great Tang Dynasty. Princess Wencheng is actually shouldering the political task of this harmony of the state to marry, this team is to send the bride to go to assist her to complete this mission.
After more than a month of hard trekking in the wind and snow, when the spring blossomed, Princess Wencheng and her entourage to the birthplace of the Yellow River, a source of river, where the water and grass, cattle and sheep into flocks, a change of wind and sand along the way to the desolate scene, so that the spirit of the people to be invigorated. All the way to the spit for the poor terrain and worry about Princess Wencheng at this time is also a sigh of relief, so send a team of relatives here for a few days of short rest.
At this time, Songtsen Gampo personally led a large group of welcoming people also arrived in Heyuan, Songtsen Gampo and his entourage to see the Tang Dynasty envoys Jiangxia County King Li Daozong bowed his head, and performed the son of the wedding rites, he has identified as a Tubo as the upper kingdom of the Great Tang Dynasty. Li Daozong invited Princess Wencheng to meet with Songtsen Gampo, the king of the Turfan plateau, once he saw the golden branch of the Middle Kingdom, and immediately fell for her, only to see Princess Wencheng dressed in beautiful dress, dignified, elegant, and primitive and simple Turfan women are completely incomparable. And Princess Wencheng saw Songtsen Gampo, although by the plateau of the hot sun and wind molded dark and rough, but with his tall and strong body and brow out of the boldness of the gas, seem very heroic; Princess Wencheng heart secretly happy, they are considered to have married a great husband.
The procession of sending and welcoming the bride to the front and back, the mighty into the logic of the city, under the auspices of Li Daozong, Songtsen Gampo and Princess Wencheng in accordance with Chinese etiquette, held a grand wedding, the whole logic of the city's people are their Zangpu and Mrs. song and dance to celebrate. Songtsen Gampo joyfully said to his subordinates, "my clan my father, never had the precedent of intermarriage on the country, I got the princess of the Great Tang today as a wife, really fortunate, I want to build a gorgeous palace for the princess to leave for future generations."
Soon, a beautiful palace - Potala Palace was built, inside the house is magnificent and gorgeous. Pavilion exquisite elegant, but also excavated the blue waves of the pond, planted with a variety of beautiful flowers and trees, all the establishment are imitating the model of the Tang Palace, used to settle Princess Wencheng, to comfort her homesickness. In order to have more with Princess Wencheng *** with the same language, Songtsen Gampo took off his used to wear the fur, replaced with Princess Wencheng hand-sewn silk dress for him, but also efforts to Princess Wencheng to learn to speak Chinese, a couple of foreigners, feelings of harmony, mutual love and respect, began their new life.
In accordance with traditional customs, the Tubo people every day to ochre-colored soil coated cheeks, said to be able to drive away evil spirits, although the look is very ugly and uncomfortable, but because it is a traditional custom, who did not raise objections, most of the Tubo people just follow the rules. Princess Wencheng to the Tubo, carefully understand and speculate on this habit, that this makes no sense, but also impede the health, is really a despicable habits, so she politely to Songtsen Gampo put forward their own views. Songtsen Gampo listened to her words are very reasonable, immediately ordered the abolition of this custom, at first some of the old Tubo people are very uncomfortable, but slowly feel to keep their original face, both convenient and good-looking, everyone will be happy to accept, they are even very grateful to Princess Wencheng for them to break the stereotypes.
When life settled down, Princess Wencheng brought the Han musicians began to fulfill their duties, they are very hard for Songtsen Gampo and Princess Wencheng to play the most popular music in the Tang Palace, the music is soothing and beautiful, so that Songtsen Gampo has a great sense of hearing the sound of the immortal, he praised the musicians and music, and selected a number of qualifications of intelligent young boys and girls, follow the Han musicians to learn, so that the Han music gradually spread throughout the territory of the Tubo. The music of the Han people gradually spread throughout the territory of the Tubo people and flowed into the heart of the Tubo people.
The scribes who came with them also began to work, helping to organize the relevant documents of the Tubo, recording the important conversations between Songtsen Gampo and his ministers, and making the politics of the Tubo out of primitiveness and towards formalization. Songtsen Gampo was pleased, and ordered the ministers and noble children to sincerely worship the scribes as teachers, to learn the Han culture, study the poems and books they brought; and then he also dispatched a batch and batch of noble children to travel thousands of miles to Chang'an, to enter the country of the Tang Dynasty, to study the poems and books, and to bring the Han culture back to the Tubo.
Agronomists do not preach anything, they just first brought from the Central Plains grain seeds sown in the fertile soil of the plateau, and then carefully irrigated, fertilized, weeded, and so on, until the harvest season, the top of the strong crop, amazingly high yield, so that the Tufan people stared in the face; because the Tufan people at that time, although they also planted a number of barley, buckwheat, and other crops, but because of poor management, often only planted regardless of the, so the yield is extremely low, they had to admire. So the yield is very low, they have to admire the Han agricultural technicians superb planting technology. In Songtsen Gampo and Princess Wencheng's authorization, agricultural technology personnel began to systematically teach the Tubo people agricultural technology, so that they are in the nomadic side, but also can harvest a lot of food. Especially the mulberry silkworm technology to them, the Tubo also gradually have a homemade silk fabrics, glossy and soft, colorful, greatly beautified the Tubo people's lives, so they are happy, are very grateful to Princess Wencheng into the Tubo to bring them the benefits.
Princess Wencheng treated Songtsen Gampo with tenderness, making the king of the Tubo, who grew up in the barbaric land, y appreciate the cultivation and warmth of the Han women, and he not only cherished Princess Wencheng, but also some of her suggestions to try to adopt. Princess Wencheng with her own knowledge and insights, careful understanding of the people of Tubo, and then put forward a variety of sensible and reasonable suggestions to assist her husband to govern this vast area, the people of the country is tough and simple. And Princess Wencheng is not the kind of extremely powerful woman, she participated in the rule of the country, but never asked Songtsen Gampo to give themselves a what official position, for the major political decision-making in the country of the Tubo, she just put forward their own views, and does not force interference, so Songtsen Gampo and ministers to her very pleasant eyes, often to her to ask for advice to the Tang Palace of the political system as a reference to their administration, and the majority of the people of the Tubo even more regarded as a god her.
The Tubo people at large regarded her as a god.
In the twenty-second year of the Zhenguan reign, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty sent Wang Xuanze, the chief historian of the Tang Dynasty, on a mission to the Tubo, on the one hand to harmonize the relations between the two countries, and on the other hand to visit Princess Wencheng, who had been married far away from the Tang Dynasty. Wang Xuanze rate of the mission team with a large number of silk and cultural relics on the road, passing through Tianzhu, unfortunately by the Tianzhu people looting, in addition to Wang Xuanze with a small number of men and women escaped, most of the men and women and goods are all robbed. Wang Xuanze arrived at Tubo in a terrible state, met Songtsan Gampo and explained the situation of the robbery, Songtsan Gampo thought that the Tianzhu Kingdom was intent on provoking and destroying the relationship between him and the Great Tang Dynasty, so he sent a large army to suppress the Tianzhu Kingdom, smashed their capital city, captured the prince of the Tianzhu Kingdom, and captured a large number of livestock, and rescued the Tang Dynasty's envoys, which is considered to be a breath of fresh air for the Tang Dynasty's envoys.
In the 23rd year of the Zhenguan reign, Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty died, and the Crown Prince was crowned Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty. The new Tang Emperor authorized Songtsen Gampo to be extra horse harnessed by the side of a team, and appointed him as the king of Xihai County, and sent envoys to send a large amount of gold, silver, silk, poetry, books, cereals, and specially for Princess Wencheng to send ornaments and cosmetics to commend her for her merit of peace and pacification of the tombs.
Songtsen Gampo because of it to write a letter of thanks, and faithfully said: "The son of heaven is the first to assume the throne, if the ministers have disloyal heart, when the diligence of the army to go to the country in addition to the discussion." And offered fifteen kinds of jewels, please place in front of the spirit of Emperor Taizong to express his condolences. Tang Gaozong on Songtsen Gampo's loyalty is very touched, and promote him as the king of the bin, more colorful silk three thousand paragraphs; Tubo messenger to Chang'an after the eye-opening, while the Tang Gaozong happy opportunity, to him to request to give the wine-making, rice milling and manufacture of ink and ink stone and paper technology, Tang Gaozong are - a promise. Tang Dynasty and the relationship with the Tubo, in the Princess of Wencheng liaison on the basis of this has reached the peak of the water and milk.
In Songtsen Gampo and Princess Wencheng's efforts to implement reforms, and the great theory (the prime minister of the Tubo) Ludongzan's proper planning, the Tubo in the military, political, economic, cultural and other aspects of the development of the rapid progress, and thus able to dominate the Western region, the western part of the Tang dynasty as a powerful barrier.
Unfortunately, not long after the death of Songtsen Gampo, his grandson succeeded the throne as the zanpou, because the zanpou is young, so the state affairs by the Ludongzan more than one hand to grasp the management of the family affairs by the Princess of Wencheng, then everything is quite smooth. However, soon Ludongzan also died, his son qinling inherited as a great theory, this time tufan and neighboring shiguhun relationship deteriorated, they are written to the tang court request to determine the right and wrong, and the tang emperor delayed ruling, qinling could not help it, started the army routed the tuguhun. But this action is not expected to offend the Tang court's majesty, the Tang Emperor thought that before he had not made a judgment, the Tubo is unauthorized force, simply do not take the Tang dynasty in the eyes, so in the first year of the reign of Xianheng, sent Xue Rengui supervisors to crusade against the Tubo.
Xue Rengui's army was defeated by the Tubo army in the area of Dafichuan, and from then on, the Tubo people no longer serve the gas of the Great Tang Dynasty, and raised troops to invade the borders of the Great Tang Dynasty in successive years. The Tang court sent a large army stationed in the Taohe River to guard against the harassment of the Tubo army, the two sides fell into a hostile situation, the Tubo became the Tang dynasty has been unable to solve the biggest enemy.
From the early spring of the 15th year of Emperor Tang Taizong's Zhenguan, Princess Wencheng married Songtsen Gampo to start, to the first year of Emperor Tang's reign Xue Rengui led the troops to conquer the Tubo until the whole thirty years, due to the Princess Wencheng's erudition, the Tubo country of the enlightenment of the influence is very large, not only consolidated the western border of the Tang Dynasty, but also the spread of the culture of the Han Chinese people to the western region, which is the Tang Taizong's favorite, but it's a pity that Emperor Tang ultimately Can not be utilized, easily provoked the war, resulting in an unmanageable situation, making Princess Wencheng painstaking efforts to create the harmony of the situation came to a grinding halt, how not to be deplored!
In the first year of Emperor Gaozong's reign, Princess Wencheng died in the city of Logan, and the Tang court sent an envoy to pay homage to her, but it did not improve the diplomatic relations between the two countries. And Princess Wencheng by the Tubo officials and people's admiration is not because of the relationship with the Tang Dynasty estrangement and a little less, her death caused all the Tubo people's decline.
After the death of Princess Wencheng, the Tubo people everywhere for her to set up temples and shrines to commemorate. Some with her to come to Wen Tu craftsmen have also been generous treatment, after their death, also have been buried on both sides of the tomb of Princess Wencheng. To this day, Princess Wencheng and these friendly envoys are still regarded as gods by Tibetans!
Princess Taiping
Princess Taiping is a famous figure in the history of China, not only because she is the daughter of the first empress Wu Zetian in Chinese history, but also almost literally become "Wu Zetian second".
As the youngest daughter of Tang Emperor Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, and the sister of Tang Emperor Zhongzong and Tang Emperor Ruizong, she was extremely favored by her parents and brothers, especially her mother Wu Zetian, and was known as the "Princess of the world". Some people according to the "Tang Dynasty - on behalf of the crown prince on the table" article that her real name is Li Ling Yue.
In fact, Princess Taiping's life is not peaceful, her veins are flowing in the blood of her restless mother. From childhood, she was arrogant and indulgent, grew up to become vicious and venomous, ambitious coveted the throne, dreaming of like her mother to ascend the throne, the king of the world. However, as Hegel said, history tends to repeat itself amazingly, but if the first time it appears as a comedy, the second time it appears as a farce. Although Princess Taiping is not lacking in heart and talent, but also had to spread out in a moment of triumph, but ultimately failed to inherit the mother's will, ranked in the nine or five, just in the history books to leave many colorful stains only.