Empress Changsun

Empress Changsun was born in the first year of Renshou, Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty (601), and was born in Luoyang (now Luoyang, Henan Province). Changsun's father, Changsun Sheng, was a general of Youxiaowei, and his mother, Gao Shi, was the daughter of Gao Mai, King Le'an of Northern Qi. Because the Changsun family was the eldest of the Northern Wei dynasty clan, when Emperor Xiaowen reformed, they gave the surname Changsun. As a royal clan, the Changsun family has produced many capable people since the Northern Wei Dynasty to Sui Dynasty, which can be said to be "passed down by the door to the bell and the tripod, and the family background is mountains and rivers". Changsun's father, Changsun Sheng, has a reputation of killing two birds with one stone, and has also made great achievements in military diplomacy. Changsun Sheng has long dealt with the relationship between Sui and the Turks, which has Within the Turks, they were very in awe of Changsun Sheng. When they heard the sound of his bow, they thought it was a thunderbolt, and when they saw him riding a horse, they thought it was lightning. Therefore, Changsun Sheng's family got the name of Perak Hall. The Changsun family is the daughter of a famous general from such a noble family.

The eldest grandson married Li Shimin at the age of 13. At the end of Wude, she tried her best to win the support of Li Yuan's harem for Li Shimin. On the day of the Xuanwumen change, she personally encouraged herself to comfort the soldiers. After worshiping the princess. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he was canonized as the queen. When he was in the post, he was good at borrowing from ancient times to tell the present, correcting Li Shimin's mistakes in governing, and protecting loyal and effective ministers. He gave birth to three sons and four daughters for Li Shimin successively, namely Li Chengqian, King of Hengshan, Li Tai, King of Pu Gong, Li Zhi, Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Li Lizhi, Princess of Changle, Princess Chengyang, Princess Li Mingda of Jinyang, and Princess Xincheng.

In June of the tenth year of Zhenguan (636), Zhangsun died in the main hall at the age of 35 and was buried in Zhaoling of the Tang Dynasty, posthumously titled Queen Wende. In the fifth year of Xianheng (674), she was given the posthumous title of Queen Wendesheng. In the Eighth Year of Tianbao (749), she was honored as Queen Wen Deshun. Li Shimin praised him as "Jia Dou" and "Liang Zuo" and built a layer of observation and remembrance of the tomb.