 She remains the only empress to an adult emperor who had no concubines in Chinese history.The emperor did not want other wives or concubines because he is said to have loved her sincerely.Empress Zhang was described as a "foolish and demanding woman, capable of no more than petty faults", but those included a constant desire for expensive objects, credulity about the teachings of the most specious Buddhist and Taoïst clerics, and limitless favour for her family, especially her two unrestrainedly venal brothers.