Lie Nu Zhuan and Nu Jie Historians have been decidedly negative in their judgment of empress Lu, who is not nearly so well known to the general public today as the Tang dynasty's Wu Zetian, another woman who wielded power in the same ruthless manner.
人們對漢代女子形象的認識，大部份被西漢末年的趙飛燕與王昭君所「壟斷」。