武则天 / Wu Zetian

武则天 / Wu Zetian appears in 90.酉阳杂俎：血滴子和武则天手指上的黑毛 through the episode’s title and its early example of [[YouyangZazu|《酉阳杂俎》]] preserving court rumor: the hosts mention a report that her right middle finger had black hair. The page is source-scoped; it does not attempt a full biography of Wu Zetian.

In this ingest, Wu Zetian’s function is to mark the range of [[YouyangZazu|《酉阳杂俎》]]. The book can preserve imperial anecdote beside monsters, plants, Buddhist hells, Daoist practices, and folk tales. That range is why the source reads it through Tang Miscellany Archive Value rather than only through志怪 entertainment.

Connections

• [[YouyangZazu|《酉阳杂俎》]] - text preserving the anecdote as presented by the episode.
• 90.酉阳杂俎：血滴子和武则天手指上的黑毛 - source episode.
• Tang Miscellany Archive Value - frame for court rumor as part of a broader miscellany archive.
• Classic Reading Complexity - caution against treating odd anecdote as the whole historical figure.