论武则天的知识基础与其称帝之关系

On Relations between Wu Zetian's Knowledge and Her Being an Emperor

武则天早年修习儒家经典,对儒家思想的把握与运用,使武则天在掌握国家政权和称帝过程中,得到了天下英才的支持与人民的拥护,并使大唐走向盛世,从而表现出她仁爱的一面;武则天成为皇后之前长期生活在深宫之中,因而熟悉法家争斗的权术,对法家思想的把握与运用,使得武则天得以残酷打击政敌而实现其称帝的宏伟理想,得以巩固其统治基础,从而又表现出她残忍的一面。武则天之所以能够掌权称帝,与其精通儒家、法家治国之道密不可分。

Wu Zetian studied the Confucian class books in her early years, and grasped the Confucian spirit. This made her get the support of the talents and love of the people during the process of grasping the state power to be an emperor, and made the Great Tang Dynasty enter the flourishing age. This showed her Kindheartedness. Wu Zetian lived in deep palace before becoming queen for a long time and was familiar with the battle trickery, Her grasping the legalists＇ thought made her become cruel against political oppenents and realize her grand ideal to be an emperor and consolidate her ruling foundation. This also showed her cruelness. There was an inseparable relation between Wu Zetian＇ s grasping the power to proclaim her an emperor and mastering the statecraft of the Confucian and the legalists.