Why did Wu Zetian set up a tablet without words? Is the tablet without words really without words?

Yesterday, as the first and only female emperor in Chinese history, her life was full of legends. After his death, he set up a tablet without words for himself, which attracted countless eyes of the world. Why there is no word on this tablet has always been a mystery in our hearts. Let's have a look. Why did Wu Zetian set up a tablet without words? And is there really not a word on the tablet?

The tablet without words in Ganling is located in Liangshan in the north of Ganxian County, Shaanxi Province. Although this is just a very common and simple tombstone, it is the tomb of Tang Gaozong Li Zhi and the legendary Empress Wu Zetian we are going to talk about today. In fact, there are two stone tablets in front, and the one in the west is called "Saint Tablet", which is full of words, mainly to celebrate the great achievements of Tang Gaozong's life. To the east is Wu Zetian's wordless tablet with a huge stone on it. Obviously, this tablet without words was prepared by Wu Zetian for herself, but unlike the one in Tang Gaozong, it is full of legends and great achievements in her life, and there is not a word on it.

Some people say that this is actually because Wu Zetian wants future generations to evaluate faults and achievements. Whether it is right or wrong depends on the views and comments of future generations on her. This is a statement. Others said that Wu Zetian felt that everyone knew the great achievements of her life and did not need to spend more time on the monument. Of course, there are other sayings, so I won't go into details here.

In fact, the above is people's subjective speculation, without any factual basis. In my opinion, Wu Zetian, as a generation of empress, should want to carve words on it, but the political situation at that time forced her. On the one hand, her successor may not be willing to carve words for her or have already carved them, and the successor thinks this is a stain in the history of the Tang Dynasty, so he ordered someone to wear it off.