Comments by "Yerris" (@yerri5567) on "Wu Zetian: China's First & Only Female Emperor | Empress Who Ruled The World | Timeline" video.

@Hulagu Mongke Yes. And they were painted as "evil". But this lady here suggests she isnt evil simply because shes a "competent female".
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Kate D She was evil coz she coz did many ruthless things to rise into power, and to keep that power. She even murdered her own children to stay in power.
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@Qinniart There is enough evidence for it to be recorded in history. If you insist on using that argument of "no concrete proof", then I'll also say theres no concrete proof that ANY emperor killed their own family members too. And those men you speak of, are also "evil".
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@happyluckph Yes they do. And "evil" is not the right word here. "Ruthless" is more appropriate. As for your second sentence, I could not figure out what you were trying to say.
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@afterthedrjay Were they painted as "evil" in the same way as this female emperor?
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@nathanbruce1992 You speak about "research" then you source wikipedia...Wow. Are you a high schooler or something?
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@nathanbruce1992 How do I know? Historians said so. Strangled her newborn daughter, poisoned her first son and blamed it on her second son and exiled him so she could stay in power longer. If you read about her ways of dealing with how she kills her targets, you wouldnt even question this.
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@nathanbruce1992 No one is 100% certain of what happened in history 1000 years ago. Even no one is 100% certain that 9/11 was a "terrorist attack". So when you ask for something behind the scenes with "absolute certainty", youre really pushing it. It is recorded in history on her evil ways of doing things. Even if I take those 2 cases with a grain of salt, what about the other 100s of cases in dealing with people that she didnt see eye to eye with?
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@nathanbruce1992 You are entitled to your opinion. But most historians would say otherwise. Even her daughter-in-law learned her ways to kill her own child and blame in on others to rise up among the ranks.
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@nathanbruce1992 Yes, so why didnt you source me that instead? As for the term "college", I dont know what you mean by "college", but college for us is for those that didnt get into real universities. And proper universities certainly dont accept wikipedia as a source for any paper... Moreover, based on your "source", is was also written: "She was regarded as ruthless in her endeavours to grab power and was believed by traditional historians even to have killed her own daughter to frame Empress Wang (and, later, her own eldest son Li Hong), in a power struggle" The wording "believed by traditional historians" in essence means "most historians". "Or did you mean the one or two sources that you read claimed this, and therefore you take it as objective fact?" Why are you questioning me? If you dont agree then why dont you question the historians themselves? This piece of information is all over the world, not "one or two sources". And although there is no such thing as absolutely certainty for something like this, this is "most likely" the case. If you have a problem with this, dont question me, question the source. I cant do anything about what was recorded over 1000 years ago.
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Ron "Yes of course you aint 100% sure of anything in life but you're 99% sure shekilled herown kin to gain power stop acting as if she didn't do it just cause few male historians said so, and yeah yr confirmarion bias wont allow you to believe she was evil" You seem to have trouble reading English, and typing English. You might want to try again.
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@brownsugar6228 Before you tell me to "stfu", thats exactly what Im trying to say. Learn to read properly before cussing on others.
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@brownsugar6228 If you dont care about my FACTS then dont comment. The fact that you commented clearly shows you cared. Since you said you dont care, then shut up.
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