In fact, Cao Cao's sons lived relatively short lives, such as Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi. Not to mention that Cao Chong died at an early age, and these relatively long-lived sons are only in their thirties and forties. And as we all know, Zhuge Liang is also considered to have lived for a long time, living for 53 years. Liu Bei and Cao Cao actually lived for a long time. They may have lived for more than 60 years. But one person in the Three Kingdoms lived for a long time, that is Sima Yi, who lived to 72 years old.

As we all know, in ancient times, due to the war and the limitation of productivity and medical level, the average life expectancy of people was basically short. Note that we are talking about the average life expectancy here. During the Three Kingdoms period, people's life expectancy was shorter. This is also because years of war have reduced the average life expectancy of the population. At that time, the average life expectancy was only 26 years old, and those civilians who had no power lived shorter. No matter in real historical stories or TV dramas, we can find that Sima Yi's ultimate success is due to his long life, not his wisdom. He survived three generations of Cao Rui, Cao Pi and Cao Cao, and none of his enemies, Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei, lived longer than Sima Yi. ?

How short was the life span of the ancients? In the Xia Dynasty, the average age of people was only 18 years old. More than two thousand years later, the Qin and Han dynasties only increased by less than two years. After more than 200 years, the average life expectancy reached 22 years in the Eastern Han Dynasty, 27 years in the Tang Dynasty and 30 years in the Song Dynasty. After 500 years in the Qing Dynasty, the average life expectancy was 30 years. 1949 when new China was founded, the average life expectancy was 35 years. In 2000, the average life expectancy increased to 765,438+0.8 years. ?

So how did Sima Yi live to be 72 years old? I think there should be the following reasons. First of all, his status is relatively high, his living conditions are certainly not very bad, and his medical conditions are also very high. We all know why the life span of the ancients was so short, mainly because they were ill and had no money for treatment. Diseases that may be easily cured in modern times may have died in ancient times. The second point is to know how to cultivate one's morality, because Sima Yi's ancestors were officials and naturally knew how to cultivate one's morality. Third, his work pressure is relatively small. We can see that Cao Cao has been playing tricks. Zhuge Liang later wanted to support the country by himself, and Sima Yi had been fighting in the dark, but it was no big deal.