Zhuge Liang (181-23410-8 [1]), born in Yang Du, Xuzhou (now yinan county, Linyi, Shandong), was born in Kongming, an outstanding politician and prime minister of Shu and Han in the Three Kingdoms period. When he was alive, he was named Hou of Wuxiang. After his death, he pursued loyalty to the marquis of Wuxiang. Because of its military ability, the Eastern Jin regime was posthumously named King Wu Xing. Representative prose works include An Example and A Book of Commandments. He once invented the wooden ox, the flying horse, the Kongming lantern and so on, and transformed the crossbow, called Zhuge Lian crossbow, which can hit all targets with one crossbow. In the twelfth year (234), Yu Jianxing died in Wuzhangyuan (now Qishan, Baoji).
Liu Chan regarded him as a loyal minister, so later generations often referred to Zhuge Liang as a loyal minister and Zhuge Wuhou. Zhuge Liang is the representative of loyal ministers and wise men in China traditional culture. He devoted himself to his life and died.
Wu Zetian (AD 624-AD 705) was born in Wu Zhao, Wenshui (now East of Wenshui County, Shaanxi Province). The only orthodox female emperor in the history of China is also one of the oldest (67 years old) and longest-lived (82 years old) emperors. Yang, the second daughter and mother of a hero in the Tang Dynasty. When he was fourteen years old, he entered the harem as a talent of Emperor Taizong, who gave him the title of "Wu Mei" [1]. Tang Gaozong was first Zhao Yi, then the queen, and was honored as the queen of heaven. Also known as the Second Saints with Li Zhi and Tang Gaozong, from February 27th, 65438+683 to June 27th, 65438+6901October 6th, they were named Tang Zhongzong and Tang Ruizong. [2] Wu Zetian thinks that she is as lofty as the sun and the moon, hanging high above the sky.
Later, he established himself as emperor, renamed Luoyang as the capital, and established the Wu and Zhou Dynasties. In the first month of the first year of Shenlong (705), Wu Zetian was seriously ill, and Prime Minister Zhang Jianzhi launched a mutiny, forcing Wu Shi to abdicate, which was called the Shenlong Revolution in history. Tang Zhongzong resumed the rule of the Tang Dynasty and was named "Emperor Zetiansheng". Later, according to Wu's wishes, he changed his name to "Empress Zetiansheng" and was buried as a queen in Ganling. In the fourth year of the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (7 16), posthumous title was changed to the eighth year of Zetiansheng (749).