Not a gem, why did Vo Tac Thien hold wood in his mouth when he died?

For the ancients, the death of a person was as important as the birth of a child, so burial rites were given great importance, especially for the elite and aristocrats. The funeral rite also partly shows the filial piety and love of the next generation for the previous generation.

Ancient burial rites often have the custom of placing valuables in the mouth of the deceased. What those items look like is a way to show their status in society. So, when Empress Dowager Cixi passed away, her mouth was filled with a nightingale pearl worth 1,080,000 taels, around the coffin was covered with pearls one meter thick. Or when King Qian Long died, he was given a piece of jade carved in the shape of cicadas in his mouth with the meaning of “cicada escaping the body”.

The concept of putting jade in the mouth of the dead is often associated with the hope that the deceased will have a prosperous and rich life in the afterlife. Moreover, according to experts, the nightingale also helps the deceased’s body not to decompose.

However, when he died, Vo Tac Thien had poisoned a piece of wood in his mouth. Not only that, she also ordered someone to make a large stele in front of her tomb but was not allowed to engrave any words on it.

As the first and only female emperor in Chinese history, Vo Tac Thien, also known as Vo My Nuong, is known as an outstanding politician. During her time on the throne, she introduced many policies that until now, history books have not criticized her, especially she has abandoned the idea of ​​respecting men and disrespecting women and brought a new way of thinking about people. women in history books.

So a person with natural talent like her doesn’t want riches and riches when she has gone to the other world?

The researchers evaluated it as a wise calculation step of Vo Tac Thien. Her life has both merit and crime, making many people despise and hate. The large stele without inscriptions is the way Vo Tac Thien wants to let people judge for themselves what she has done for China.

In the old days, books were often recorded on “wooden stick” (bamboo card) and “bamboo tree” (wooden card). Holding a piece of wood when he died was Vo Tac Thien’s intention to let the ghosts and gods evaluate. No exaggeration, this is the bravery and intelligence of the only queen of China.