The tablet without words declared Wu Zetian's deep helplessness.
She ruled the world and inherited the rule of Zhenguan and the prosperity of Kaiyuan. During her lifetime, she firmly controlled her ailing husband Li Zhi and the regime of the dynasty, but all her achievements only stayed in her lifetime. After her death, Wu Zetian was nothing but a clearing left for her by her husband who died young. The huge gap is all because Wu Zetian is a woman.
Who is this guy? Help write an inscription for Wu Zetian's tablet without words! ~ wordless tablet
Located in the northwest of Xianyang, 50 kilometers away from Ganling. On the east side of Sima Road, Ganling is surrounded by Tuque in the north, Weng Zhong in the south and the sacred monument in the west. Magnificent, magnificent.
The tablet without words is carved from a complete giant stone carving, with a height of 7.53m, a width of 2. 1 m, a thickness of1.49m and a weight of100t, giving people a dignified, heavy and integrated aesthetic feeling. There are eight dragons carved on the head of the monument, which are skillfully intertwined, row upon row, with distinct bones and muscles, silent and full of vitality. On both sides of the monument, there is a picture of Longteng, which is lifelike and lifelike. There is a picture of the Lion Horse on the pedestal, and its horse bends its hoof and bows its head, which is gentle and lovely. The lion held his head high, his eyes bright, and he was very dignified. There are many flowers and plants on the monument, and the lines are fine and smooth, so this wordless monument has always been famous.
According to relevant historical records, after Tang Gaozong's death, the site selection, design and construction of Ganling were carried out under the direct guidance of Wu Zetian. As the main large stone carving on the ground of Ganling, the tablet without words was probably set at that time. Judging from the correspondence between the tablet without words and the tablet describing the sacred tablet, it is very likely that these two tablets were erected at the same time. From this point of view, there is no doubt that the tablet without words was erected by Wu Zetian.
As the first and only female emperor in China history and an outstanding female politician in feudal society, Wu Zetian did not sing praises for herself in her later years, but set up a "wordless monument". Regarding the "tablet without words", the first view is that Wu Zetian's establishment of the "tablet without words" is boasting, indicating boundless merits; The second view is that Wu Zetian set up a "tablet without words" because she knew that she was guilty, and she thought it would be better not to write an inscription. The third view is that Wu Zetian is a self-aware person, and it is smart to set up a monument without words. It is the best way for future generations to comment on merits and demerits. In short, the "tablet without words" left a mystery to future generations.
The wordless tablet carefully designed and set by Wu Zetian not only attracts people's attention because of its prominent position in the stone carving of the whole Ganling cemetery, but also attracts people's attention because of its exquisite carving art, unique charm and legendary stories. When tourists come to Ganling, they almost stop at the monument without saying a word, or stare, or take pictures as a souvenir, or give directions and comments. The tablet without words is not only a symbol of Ganling in the eyes of countless tourists, but also a symbol of Empress Wu Zetian.
Only after the Song and Jin Dynasties (960- 1234) did tourists inscribe on the tablet and become a tablet with words. 1 135 The Jurchen inscription "A Brief Introduction to the General Administration of the Daikin Emperor" is well preserved (with translation attached). Jurchen script is now extinct, and inscriptions have become valuable materials for studying Jurchen script and the history and culture of ethnic minorities in China.
Many words of the Song, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties are engraved on the majestic wordless tablet, which not only naturally forms an' inscription' to evaluate Wu Zetian in content, but also has five elements of truth, grass, official seal and calligraphy. Figuratively speaking, it is indeed a masterpiece that spans dynasties. This may be in line with the original intention of Wu Zetian's monument.
Inscription for the wordless tablet in front of Wu Zetian's tomb. (200 words) The fall of Jinzhong made the play famous. Beautiful Zhuo Qun, intelligent heart.
You are kind, gentle and charming. For three years in Nepal, he was once respected.
From your side, you gave birth to Chen Zi. Heaven is heaven after heaven, and you are in Wuzhou.
Promoting agriculture and consolidating the foundation is to cultivate talents. In Wen 'an Public Security, martial arts is busy.
The former is the concept of chastity, while the latter is the source of enlightenment. Jealous of English, the female generation is extremely.
Why is Wu Zetian's tombstone without words? She wants future generations to comment on everything about her.
What should I write if I want to inscribe on Wu Zetian's tablet without words? Wu Zetian's tablet without words is very famous in Liangshan Ganling, north of Ganxian County, Shaanxi Province. However, why the wordless tablet was created has become an eternal mystery that people have speculated and explored for more than 300 years. Recently, Tian Yaqi, an associate researcher of Shaanxi Institute of Archaeology, and Gao Fa, a cadre of Ganling Museum, put forward a new view on this-there is an inscription on Wu Zetian's "wordless tablet". The great unification in the stone tablets of past dynasties caused numerous speculations by later generations because of "not knowing a word" Ganling is the mausoleum of Li Zhi (628-683 AD) and Wu Zetian (624-705 AD) in Tang Gaozong. It is the tomb of the only couple and two emperors in the royal cemetery of China, representing the Tang and Zhou Dynasties. From the death of Emperor Gaozong in 683 AD to the death of Wu Zetian in 705, under the personal planning and command of Wu Zetian, it took 22 years to build Ganling. The tall and majestic "tablet without words" stands on the east side of Sima Road outside Zhuquemen in the south of the cemetery, standing shoulder to shoulder with the "merit tablet" celebrating Gaozong's martial arts in the west. The "tablet without words" is carved from a complete boulder, with a height of 7.53 meters, a width of 2. 1 meter, a thickness of 1.49 meters and a total weight of 98.84 tons. The head of the monument is carved with eight intertwined dragons, and the east and west sides of the monument are carved with a picture of Ran Ran Dragon. The ascending dragon is 4.12m high and1.19m wide. Its body is thick and twisted, with elegant expression, smooth lines and skillful knife cutting. The stele seat is 3.35 meters long, 2.65 meters wide and 2.10 meters high. The 0.66-meter-long lion-horse figure line depicts the lion holding his head high, his eyes bright and imposing; The horse, on the other hand, bends its hoof and bows its head, swimming and eating. The whole monument is tall and magnificent, with fine carving, which can yet be regarded as a masterpiece of past dynasties.
Strangely, when the monument was first erected, there was not a word engraved on it. According to "New Records of Ganxian County", "Xiang has no words. After Jinyuan, I went back and forth with poems on it. " "Yongzhou Jinshi Ji" also contains: "The side of the monument is carved with a dragon and phoenix shape, and its face is cloudy without words." Only from the Song Dynasty did there appear inscriptions written with steep strokes and ready-made fonts. Why was there "no word" on the original "no word tablet"? Later generations have a lot of speculation about this. To sum up, there are three kinds of sayings: First, it is said that Wu Zetian left a last word: "Leave her merits and demerits to future generations", so she left no last words; Second, it is said that Wu Zetian is "respected, not to write, leaving people to comment", so she is not a word; Third, after the death of Wu Zetian, it is difficult for Tang Zhongzong and Li Xian to determine his title (such as singing the praises of Wu Zetian and carving the "Golden Wheel Emperor of Zhou Dynasty", as the descendants of Li Tang, it is emotionally reluctant; For example, she was denounced as the "Great Sage Queen", while Wu Zetian was clearly the "Great Zhou" emperor in 16, but she was in a dilemma and simply "didn't know a word". When the monument was erected, the inscription was drawn up and carefully engraved with a "word grid". Tian Yaqi, an associate researcher of Shaanxi Institute of Archaeology, and the cadres of Ganling Museum analyzed and studied the historical materials, and thought that according to the symmetrical layout of Ganling buildings, the "tablet without words" and "tablet to record saints" were obviously set by Wu Zetian at the same time when the emperor died, and Wu Zetian also wrote an inscription of more than 8,000 words for the "tablet to record saints", praising the emperor's virtue (the inscription was written by Emperor Li in regular script). As the first and only female emperor in the history of China and an outstanding female politician in feudal society, Wu Zetian tried her best to show off after she ascended the throne: In 695 AD, she ordered the bronze tripod of Kyushu and the zodiac to be cast in Tiantong Palace; In 694 AD (after her death 1 1 year), it was cast at a cost of10 billion yuan, engraved with her merits, eulogized Zhou, relegated Tang, and her handwritten Ode to the Nations of the Zhou Dynasty. Then, how could Wu Zetian in her later years not want to use this tablet to sing praises for herself? Besides, Wu Zetian died 22 years later than Emperor Gaozong, so she had enough time to prepare the inscription for this monument.
After repeated observation and research, they found that the front of the "tablet without words" was covered with 4.5 cm square fine lines engraved with grids. These squares are carved in one breath, running through the whole face, with 84 squares up and down and 44 squares left and right. Although some linear lattices have been eroded by wind and rain for more than 300 years, they are still relatively clear. These squares are definitely not carved later. There is only one possibility, that is, after the inscription is drawn up, the lattice is engraved on the monument. According to the total number of squares facing the sun, the inscription has about 3000 words.
In addition, judging from the overlapping relationship of cultural relics and archaeology, there are 42 existing inscriptions (Beiyang 3 1, Yin Bei 1 1) on "Wordless Monument", which started in the Song Dynasty and ended in the Ming Dynasty. The earliest characters were printed on the dark side of the tablet, carved in the second year of Zhao Ji Chongning in Hui Zong at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty (A.D. 1 103). The latest paragraph was carved in the sixth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1633). Most of them were inscribed by court officials who held important positions at that time. These inscriptions lasted for 530 years and were mostly realistic works, which were divided into three categories: recording, lyricism and traveling. Tian Yaqi and others found that these inscriptions all overlap with thin-line lattices, that is, the lattices are in front and the inscriptions are in the back. From the rubbings of some inscriptions, we can see that some words are engraved in one grid, and some words are engraved in several grids. These also show that the lattice on the monument was there.
The front of the "tablet without words" is right above the center, and there is an inscription that is the most distinctive and precious. In the 12th year of Jintianhui (A.D. 1 134), Zong Fu, the younger brother of the second generation of the Great Jin Dynasty emperor Sheng (the inscription is called "Arubu"), wrote it in the Khitan characters, with a Chinese translation of "Travels of the younger brother of the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty". The inscription is surrounded by a line with a width of 6.2 cm, engraved with the lotus pattern of vines and the pattern through which flying lions pass. It is 142 cm high and 96 cm wide. Only this paragraph was carved after grinding off the grid carved on the original monument.
Wu Zetian abused violence, and Li Xian, the Chinese emperor, held a grudge, so he had to be "speechless". He had written an inscription and the grid had been engraved. Why didn't he engrave a word at that time? After research, Tian Yaqi and Gao Fa think that this should not be based on Wu Zetian herself, but on the political situation at that time and her successor.
Although Wu Zetian reigned in 16, she was all-powerful and heroic, but in her later years, especially before her death, she was extremely desolate. In the first month of the first year of Shenlong (AD 705), more than 500 guards led by prime ministers Zhang Jianzhi, Cui Xuanmuwei, Huan and others launched a "Xuanwumen coup", killing Wu Zetian's brothers and marrying the Chinese emperor, forcing Wu Zetian to give way and restore the title of "Tang". Wu Zetian has been living in Shangyang Palace from the Palace of Immortality. In June165438+1October of the same year, 82-year-old Wu Zetian died of illness in Xianju Hall of Shangyang Palace in Luoyang, the eastern capital. Living will: "The last emperor was called the Great Sage Queen". In May of the following year, he was buried in Ganling with Emperor Gaozong.
Although Tang Zhongzong Li Xian was the biological son of Wu Zetian, he lived in fear for a long time and was killed several times. Li Xian also hates his mother's atrocities of torturing and killing innocent people. Wu Zetian successively poisoned Prince Li Hong (nicknamed "Zundi"); Li Xian (the sixth son of Emperor Gaozong, nicknamed "Prince Zhang Huai") was abolished as Shu Ren, and then he was forced to commit suicide. Li Xian (the seventh son of Emperor Gaozong) was deposed by Wu Zetian less than a year after he ascended the throne. For more than 20 years, Li Xian has been living in fear, so that every time he heard that Wu Zetian sent someone to see him, he was afraid. His eldest son, Li Zhongrun (nicknamed "Prince Yide"), and his daughter, Li Xianhui (the seventh daughter of Zhongzong, nicknamed "Princess Yongtai") were both executed by Wu Zetian for their careless remarks. In addition, in her later years, Wu Zetian has been trying to pass the throne to her nephew. After this ordeal, Zhongzong could not publicly vent his hatred for his mother after he succeeded to the throne, but he could not say a good word of praise for his mother, so he simply left a "wordless monument" for Wu Zetian.
Tian Yaqi and others believe that the inscription written by Wu Zetian before his death (the author is unknown) is very likely to be buried in the underground palace of Ganling together with Wu Zetian's precious historical albums such as Hanging Arch Collection and Golden Wheel Collection.
Wu Zetian, for whom? Wu Zetian never erected a tablet without words for anyone. Wu Zetian's wordless tablet was not erected by Wu Zetian, but by later generations.
Where is the tablet of Wu Zetian without words? There is a dry tomb in Xi 'an, Shaanxi Province, which is located 50 kilometers northwest of Xianyang, Shaanxi Province. Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian are buried here. There are two monuments in front of the tomb, one is Tang Gaozong, and the other is an inscription written by Wu Zetian for Emperor Gaozong. To the east is the "wordless tablet" erected by Wu Zetian for herself.
Why is there no word on the tablet of Wu Zetian? 1 Wu Zetian set up a "monument without words", boasting about herself and showing her merits beyond words.
Wu Zetian set up a "wordless tablet" because she knew that she was guilty of a heinous crime and felt that it was better not to write an inscription.
Wu Zetian is a self-aware person. It is wise to set up a monument without words and let future generations comment on merits and demerits.
Why is there no word standing on Wu Zetian's tombstone? I think there are several reasons for reference only:
First, Wu Zetian's surname is Wu, which is homophonic and called the "Wu" monument.
Second, as the first female emperor, she broke the tradition of her ancestors and didn't want to die again.
Third, as an emperor, her achievements are obvious to all, but he doesn't want to fall into the stereotype of the emperor. He just wanted to spread to the world as a legendary woman, so he left a wordless tablet for the world to evaluate this strange girl who has never been seen before!
Why is there no word on Wu Zetian's tablet? There are three main reasons why Wu Zetian erected a monument without words. It is beyond words to say that Wu Zetian thinks she has made great achievements. In Wu Zetian's view, although she is a woman, Emperor Gaozong is mediocre, and her talent is absolutely superior to Emperor Gaozong. Moreover, during her administration, political clarity, social stability and people's living and working in peace and contentment should be regarded as one of her great achievements. Unfortunately, at that time, many people thought that she robbed the Tang Dynasty and was a traitor, and turned a blind eye to her credit. Therefore, Wu Zetian wanted future generations to comment and record her contribution, so there was a wordless tablet. Second, Wu Zetian knew that she was sinful, and I'm afraid it would be even more insulting to the world to engrave the inscription. It's better not to write it. Some people think that after the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, Wu Zetian felt guilty and wanted to return the country to Li after his death. However, due to her experience as an emperor, she had no confidence in her situation after death, and was even more afraid that the world would scold her for usurping the throne, so she left a tablet without words to atone for her sin. Thirdly, Wu Zetian hopes that future generations will comment on her life. This statement is just the opposite of the last one. Wu Zetian was quite proud of her life. As a woman, she can stand out in the political struggle and reach the peak of power. She hopes that future generations can objectively evaluate her literary martial arts. Her talents are extensive, and her son Li Xian, who has a conflict of interest with herself, will definitely not make an objective and fair evaluation of herself. In view of this, Wu Zetian wants to give the tablet without words to future generations, that is, to let future generations evaluate the merits and demerits of her life. These three statements all seem reasonable, but which one is her original intention is impossible to verify. It is worth mentioning that after the Song and Jin Dynasties, people began to add inscriptions to the tablet without words, and now there is a paragraph 13 on it.