A person is inherently dead, either as heavy as Mount Tai or lighter than a feather.
This sentence comes from Sima Qian 's " Report to Ren An Shu ", which means that everyone has to face death. Some people's death is heavier than Mount Tai, while others are lighter than the hair of a wild geese.
This simple sentence actually shows that people should create value as much as possible in life in this way, instead of living one after another in a daze, until they look back suddenly, sigh that their life has been in vain.
is . Not everyone can be more important than Mount Tai, but as long as we make our own lives wonderful, this is the meaning.
Life is just a few decades. How to live is something that requires everyone to explore on their own. After all, no one can complete the path of life for anyone. Even as parents, they cannot arrange their children's life.
However, for ordinary people, even if life is sometimes unsatisfactory, living a hundred years of life is a beautiful vision from the heart.
But there are too few people who can live past 100 years, so every time I see those long-lived birthday stars, I will sigh in my heart, imagining that it would be great if I could live that long.
Since the level of ancient times was not as good as that of now, the average life expectancy was naturally much shorter than now. However, by the time of , people's life expectancy was generally longer. Men can reach 45 years old and women can reach 50 years old.
But during this period, a super old birthday star appeared. His name was Li Qingyuan . He lived for 256 years. This life span is really shocking, so he is also known as the number one strange person in the Qing Dynasty.
During the more than 200 years he lived, he married a total of 24 wives and gave birth to more than 180 descendants. So why did Li Qingyuan live so long and what is the secret to his longevity?
When he was alive, he wrote a book called "Health Presentation", which contained the secret of his longevity. After his death, this book was made public, and the secret of longevity was released.
Li Qingyuan's life
Since Qin Shihuang ascended the throne and became emperor, many rulers of feudal dynasties dreamed of immortality, and spent a lot of labor and material resources on this, but they only bought lessons and did not extend their lifespan, even for one day.
As the saying goes: Life and death have fate, and wealth and honor are in heaven. Even if we have the heart to borrow from heaven for another five hundred years, we do not have the ability to borrow from King of Hell for one more day.
But Li Qingyuan seems to be an exception because he created a miracle with the length of his life.
According to relevant information, Li Qingyuan was born in in 1677 AD. This year was the 16th year of the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty. According to the century, it belongs to the 1770s.
Similarly, relevant information also records the time when Li Qingyuan died, which belongs to the 1930s. is to be precisely the 22nd year of the Republic of China, that is, 1933 AD.
This means that in Li Qingyuan experienced nine Qing emperors including Kangxi , Yongzheng , Qianlong, Jiaqing , Daoguang , Xianfeng , Tongzhi , Guangxu , Xuantong . You should know that since the founding of Nurhaci , there were only twelve emperors in the Qing Dynasty, and Li Qingyuan alone survived nine of them.
doesn't know, but I was shocked when I calculated it. After all, Li Qingyuan's lifespan was as long as 256 years, which really refreshed many people's views on the degree of life.
Some people may think this is too mysterious. It is reasonable to say that one person lives over 100 years old. It is unheard of.
In fact, this incident caused a sensation when Li Qingyuan died. Even the American " New York Times " and "Time" magazine published Li Qingyuan's legendary deeds, making him the longest-lived person in China in the legend.
Li Qingyuan's wife and children
Although Li Qingyuan lived so old, he was not lonely at all, because he never stopped marrying and having children when he could.
Of course, this does not mean that Li Qingyuan is fickle, but No one of his wives can accompany him to the end. In order to find spiritual comfort, Li Qingyuan could only keep marrying wives, so he married 24 wives one after another.
At that time, there was no population plan, so Li Qingyuan also gave birth to many children. According to the information, the number of his children was as large as 180. This number was quite terrifying. He simply gave birth to a family himself.
As he gets older, many things become overwhelmed, but this is obviously not suitable for Li Qingyuan. His physical condition has always been very good. Even in his 200s, his words and deeds were like those of his prime, and he was praised as a "god" by the locals.
Since Li Qingyuan is very famous in the local area, naturally many people will seek the secret of longevity from him. Li Qingyuan is not stingy. He has been to many places to talk about his own health preservation, but unfortunately, not many people can truly live as long as he does.
So what is Li Qingyuan’s secret to longevity? This is what he has to talk about.
Li Qingyuan was originally from Yunnan and only settled in Sichuan when he was in his 90s. He was not an ordinary farmer, but a traditional Chinese medicine doctor. During the Republic of China period, , the leader of Sichuan warlords, , Yang Sen, , visited Li Qingyuan and asked him for his health. Later, he took a photo for him.
It is this photo that has attracted many media attention. After reporting, Li Qingyuan's deeds spread throughout Sichuan, across the country, and even to the world.
Li Qingyuan's longevity
Li Qingyuan has a fellow villager named Liu Chengxun. After hearing about Li Qingyuan, he conducted an exclusive interview with him. Li Qingyuan revealed his secret to longevity and even summarized his unique health experience, which was made public after his death.
Later, Liu Chengxun made it into a detailed special report, but due to the war, this special topic has not been published. Later, it was released in the magazine Qigong in 1986, which caused a sensation. The relevant institutions immediately applied for the World Guinness Record, but it was not adopted, because of the lack of evidence.
Although Li Qingyuan did not enter Guinness, this special topic became a "Health Presentation Self-Report" recorded by Li Qingyuan and Liu Chengxun.
In this self-report, Li Qingyuan's health theory has only four words: kindness, frugality, harmony, and tranquility. The four words
do not seem difficult to explain, but not many people can really do it, let alone as always, they have been able to persist for decades. Li Qingyuan emphasized the details of life. He believed that life is filled with small things, and these inconspicuous small things often make people more impatient. Once a person is impatient, it will inevitably hurt his body, which will naturally affect his lifespan.
In addition, Li Qingyuan also summarized many things that hurt the body, such as being careless in cold and warm, walking too fast, drinking, sex, lust and joy, etc., so he proposed:
You should not have any joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, and you should have no thoughts of wealth, honor and disgrace.
In more literary terms, it is the saying that many people regard as their motto: be calm when favored and disgraceful, let the flowers bloom and fall in front of the courtyard; stay or leave without any intention, watch the clouds roll and unfold in the sky.
, although this is said very easily, there are almost no people who can really do it. After all, we are all people in society, and joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness are also common emotions among people. How can we not be affected by anything?
But even so, We still try to get closer to the four words of kindness, frugality, harmony and tranquility, because this is an attitude of life that can prolong life.
Reference materials: "The Grand View of Unofficial History of the Qing Dynasty"/ "Authoritative Health Preservation", etc.
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