The sub crown prince, the mother when the Prince

Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle once commented in the natural level woman: nature was weak, relatively cool, compassionate women than men ...... "Roman historian Taxi Lun at the political level subversion of Aristotle said: "The woman's shortcomings lies not only of weakness and lack of willpower, if to relax their words, they will become cruel, crafty and ambitious ... and issued from their more wayward and authoritarian command ...... "

If this is just a narrative on the meaning of the text, then a person but by his great-grandmother "case" a profound understanding of: woman face power manifested in the face of terror is not inferior to men. This person is Han Dynasty.

When Liu Bang bandits, who also is a small his 20s called the LV Zhi honest girl to marry him. Later, Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu when God king, the LV Zhi also became Queen. In 195 BC, the Han emperor Liu Bang died, 17-year-old eldest son Liu Ying ascended the throne, from the power falls on the hands of the Empress. At this point, the original simple girl who has long been transformed into a ruthless drug women. First, in order to cut off the alien hand "absolute power" Empress poisoned wishful zhaowang, and Liu Bang Chong Fei Qi Furen extremely cruel means to be harmed.

When the history of the evolution of this generation to the Han Dynasty, Liu Che imperial power in hand, did not forget the evil deeds of the great-grandmother Empress. Then made an important decision, "son of the crown prince, the mother when the Prince", meaning that once it is determined that the crown prince, the mother must die. Emperor Wu of Han in order to guard against similar Empress curtain Political Affairs in the cause of the tragedy from happening again.

Let me call this the Han Dynasty law.

Northern Wei later to comply with this "law". Every palace Yuli Prince, must be crying, because it means the end of the life of the mother line. This very Chinese characteristics "left calf to the mother" phenomenon to Xuanwu Di son of Li Yuan Xu finally changed for the Prince. Xuanwu Di could not bear to see the Queen died a violent death, pity was moved, and the lucky woman will stop at the threshold of hell. However, history does not turn a beautiful one. Woman from death (ie, future Empress Dowager Hu), usurpation of power not only involved in the political and extravagance, his best the room curtain of private, and finally in the power of temptation and struggle actually killed her own only son!

However, even more clearly "Emperor Wu of Han's Law," the truth of another woman in the Tang Dynasty, that is, Wu Zetian. Foregoing Empress Empress Dowager Hu, Wu Zetian from the harem concubine to the Royal to the Queen Mother, the paradox of the process itself, full of intrigue and killing has been verified in advance "Emperor Wu of Han law necessary. Empress Wu Empress Dowager and the Emperor's Chongfei Xiaoliang Di brutal means like Empress - chopped off the hands and feet into wine urn, "so that it bone drunk" in the end, they had been tortured to death. Lin Yutang in the evaluation of Empress Wu had this lament: "murder has become a habit, the murderer terrorist murder lost ...... in Wu Zetian heart, the massacre is great, is the authority."

Alas! Does God give a woman a good-natured conscience in the face of the desire for power is so vulnerable? History does not this the end of a woman, she is the Empress Dowager Cixi, she has once again proven "Han Wudi law". Let me once again think of the of Socrates famous phrase: "the basis of power is violence ..."

This warning "Han Wudi law" at least to our modern: constraints and absolute power when power is lost, the sin will inevitably produce, bag factory regardless of the rulers are male or female.