At that time, there were fewer than thirty individuals in the entire Great Tang Dynasty who had this distinguished honor.
Debating skillfully, he managed to enter among them at the young age of twenty-six, showcasing his exceptional talent.
[1] The alleged affair between Princess Gaoyang and the Buddhist monk Bianji is the most serious accusation against her and the reason for her bad reputation in history.
Instead, it was written by the authoritative historians Ouyang Xiu and others in the New Book of Tang, a national history compiled by the Song Dynasty a hundred years later.
Nowadays, because there is no more detailed historical evidence to support it, although later researchers have raised various doubts and questions about this matter, they are still not enough to overturn the New Book of Tang's portrayal of Princess Gaoyang.