This question is simply that in a polygamous society, the status of different wives is higher and who is lower, and in our average thinking, of course, the status of those who are favored by their husbands is higher, and this idea is not wrong, but if the husband is a person of noble status, and the wives he marries are also people with noble status and background, then the situation is not so simple.
When the status of the wife is much higher than that of the husband, and the husband is afraid of the identity of the wife, then whether the husband loves the wife or not, the wife's status in the family is the highest.
A very simple example, in China's ancient feudal dynasty, every horse master must have offered the princess at home like a bodhisattva, for fear of wronging her half a point and causing his whole family to fall to the ground. To say that the identities of Princess Wencheng and Princess Zhizun are naturally higher, the identity of Princess Wencheng is higher, and the two can even be said not to be above one level. Princess Wencheng represents the Tang Dynasty, one of the most powerful countries in the world, and Princess Zhizun is only a small princess in the tubo subordinate countries, and even tubo is not as good as the Tang Dynasty.
But it's not that simple.
Although it is true that in terms of identity, Princess Wencheng is a lot higher than Princess Zhizun, but Songzan Gampo does not care about your Tang Dynasty at all, you must know that the background of Princess Wencheng marrying princess is that Songzan Gampo proposed to the Tang Dynasty unsuccessfully, constantly harassing the Tang Dynasty border, and the Tang Dynasty has no way to do this, can only ask for peace with Tubo, Tubo's purpose from beginning to end is not the princess of the Tang Dynasty, but the materials, technology, craftsmen and so on that come with the princess.
In this case, Princess Wencheng can only say that she has a safe place in Tubo, and her status may not be really high. After all, his husband did not like him, and his mother-in-law could not deter his husband.
Let's talk about this princess of The Ruler, the Princess of the Footman comes from the Mud Borneo (now Nepal), the Mud Borneo is a vassal state of Tubo, and the status is naturally inferior to that of Princess Wencheng, but it can't stand Songzan Gampo like her, the Tang Dynasty and Tubo are thousands of miles apart, the aesthetics of the people in the two places are very different, and the distance between Mud Brahma and Tubo is not very far, the customs and habits are similar, in the eyes of Songzan Gampo, Princess Ruzun is much more beautiful than Princess Wencheng.
Moreover, Princess Ruzun's father was his own courtier, and as the master of Tubo, he naturally had to appease the emotions of the subordinate countries, so treating Princess Ruzun well was a way to do so. And her own love, coupled with the identity that Princess Zhizun needs to be treated kindly, Princess Zhizun naturally has a much higher status in Tubo than Princess Wencheng.
There is a very clear example of the actual status of the two in Tubo, that is, Tubo built a temple for the two princesses, because Tubo is a Buddhist country, because Princess Wencheng's dowry has a statue of Shakyamuni shakyamuni 12 years old, so Songtsen Gampo decided to build a temple to make offerings, that is, Jokhang Temple; and Princess Zhizun also brought a statue of Shakyamuni, and Songtsan Gampo built a Jokhang temple. The difference between the two can be seen from the name, and in fact, the Jokhang Temple is also larger than the Jokhang Temple. Therefore, in fact, the treatment enjoyed by Princess Wencheng in Tubo was inferior to that enjoyed by Princess Zhizun.
Although in various Han records Chinese princess cheng's status is definitely higher than that of princess Zhizun, because the influence of the Tang Dynasty is there. However, we analyze from various aspects that Princess Wencheng did not enjoy the high treatment enjoyed by Princess Zhizun during the period of her life in Tibet. Princess Wencheng did not have children in her life, and as far as her personal life is concerned, she is actually not happy.