Emperor Taizong's evaluation of Wei Zhi.

in the seventeenth year of Tang Zhenguan (AD 643), Wei Zhi, who spoke out and dared to remonstrate, died of illness. Emperor Taizong was very sad. He said with tears: "My husband can dress himself with copper as a mirror; Taking history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall; Take people as a mirror, you can know the gains and losses. Wei Zhi didn't, I died a mirror! "

"A person who uses copper as a mirror can make his clothes and hats properly dressed; Using history as a mirror, we can know the reasons for the rise and fall of the country; You can find your own right and wrong by using people as mirrors. When Wei Zheng died, I lost a good mirror. " -This is the highest evaluation of Wei Zhi's life value.

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Wei Zhi (prime minister of the Tang Dynasty) generally refers to Wei Zhi.

Wei Zhi (the second year of Elephant in the Northern Zhou Dynasty (58)-the seventeenth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty (February 11th, 643)), a politician, thinker, writer and historian in Sui and Tang Dynasties, was called "a generation of celebrities" by later generations because of his outspoken advice and assistance to the great cause of "Zhenguan rule" created by Emperor Taizong.

Song Ouyang Xiu, Song Qi's New Tang Book Volume 11 Biography Twenty-second Wei Zhi: "Take copper as a mirror, you can straighten your clothes; Taking the past as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall; Learn from others, and you will know the gains and losses. I have tried to protect these three lessons, and I have defended myself from the inside. Today, when Wei Zhi dies, he will die. "

When you look in the mirror and dress, you can find out whether you are dressed neatly or not. Learning from the experience of the ancients, we can know the development process of anything. Compared with others, you can know whether you are right or wrong in dealing with others.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Taking Copper as a Mirror.