History books likewise differ as to their verdict on Wu Tse-t'ien. All agree, however, that she was a woman of great beauty who looked the part of an empress.
但是嫵媚多情的媚娘，與殘暴淫奢的武曌，唯一不衝突的地方，當是她的「美貌」。根據新唐書的記載，武氏初生時的相貌是「日角龍顏、龍睛鳳頸」，一副帝王之相。