1933, it is said that Li Qingyuan, who lived for 256 years, passed away. He has 24 wives and 180 descendants. At that time, * * * made a report with Time magazine. According to this age, he should have been born in Kangxi 16 (1677) in the Qing dynasty. After nine generations of Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Jiaqing, Daoguang, Xianfeng, Tongzhi, Guangxu and Xuantong, he lived for 256 years. He is a very rare longevity star in the world.
As for its authenticity, this character's life is a folklore in unofficial history, and there is no reliable record. The reporter visited the libraries, archives, local chronicles compilation departments and people in Kaixian and Wanzhou successively, and consulted the figures of the Republic of China in the Historical Documentation Center of Chongqing Library, trying to find the clues of Li Qingyuan, but finally found no records.
Life profile:
According to legend, he was born in the 16th year of Qing Emperor Kangxi and died in the 24th year of the Republic of China (1677- 1933). Legend has it that he is 256 years old. Li Qingyuan was originally from Yunnan. It is said that he settled in Kaixian County, Chongqing in his 90s until his death. Full of children and grandchildren. It is said that he is called "immortal" because of his extraordinary attainments and achievements in traditional Chinese medicine, especially in health and fitness. Liu Chengxun, a native of Kaixian County, Sichuan Province, paid a special visit to the old man on 1925. During the Qigong fever, Liu's interview and reminiscence articles were published in the sixth issue of Qigong magazine 1986, and there were more than 1000 words dictated by the birthday girl. After the death of the old man, some newspapers in Beijing reported on the topic of "the longest-lived person on earth" according to this rumor.
The centenarian birthday girl in the Qing Dynasty appreciated a sentence by Lu, a scholar in the Qing Dynasty: "You can live longer with a light meal, provided that you have no worries, complete your official meals early, no surprises or humiliation, do not owe others debts, and do not pawn them." Li Qingyuan followed this "recipe" all his life. He said, "This is really a recipe for health preservation and longevity. If you get this, you can live forever, and you don't have to use a panacea to refine the elixir.
Li Qingyuan believes that people's life span is long and short, which is determined by vitality. Vitality, also called vitality, is born. He vividly compares caring and not caring about vitality to the place where candles are stored. A lighted candle will burn for a long time if it is placed in a cage; If it is left in the wind and rain, the time will be short or it will go out immediately. The same is true of keeping in good health.
He appreciated Lao Tzu's words: "Don't work hard, don't shake its essence, don't worry about it." I have few thoughts to nourish my mind, few desires to nourish my essence, and few words to nourish my spirit. "He said that the essence of this is often ignored by mediocre people who are not good at keeping in good health.
According to Pu Weng (an old man who was good at keeping in good health in ancient times), he particularly emphasized that people who are good at keeping in good health must be based on kindness, thrift, harmony and tranquility.
The so-called kindness means kindness and love, kindness, no harm to things or people, and a kind heart. This kind, loving and happy mood is enough to resist all kinds of disasters and naturally make people healthy and live longer.
The so-called frugality means economy or moderation. Dietary frugality nourishes the spleen and stomach; If you are frugal with lust, you will gather your spirit; Speech frugality nourishes its breath and prevents things from happening; If you are frugal in making friends, you can choose too many friends; If you are frugal in wine and color, you will abstain from sex; Thrift in thinking can save you from troubles and troubles. If you save one point in everything, you will gain one more point.
The so-called harmony is harmony. The country is prosperous when the monarch and the minister live in peace, the family is happy when the father and son live in peace, the brothers lead each other, the husband and wife live in seclusion in the boudoir, and friends protect each other. This is the most auspicious way.
The so-called quiet means quiet, calm and peaceful. That is to say, the body is tired and the heart is not moving (thinking). God hurts more than the body. "God doesn't keep it, and his body is unhealthy."
When talking about his daily life and diet, Li Qingyuan said: "If you are not full, your stomach will be hurt. If you are full; You can't sleep too long. If you sleep too long, the essence will disperse. In the following days, I never ate too much or slept for a long time. "
He also talked about matters needing attention in details of life. It has been pointed out that people are often impatient with trifles, which will inevitably damage their health. He warned people: careless changes in temperature, walking too ill, unrestrained, and indulging in excess are all harmful to the body, and extreme damage will lead to death. Therefore, according to the regimen of our ancestors, we should not act rashly, see it soon, don't listen very much, sit tirelessly and lie extremely; We should wear it after cooling, heat it before dissolving it, eat it after being hungry, drink it after being thirsty, and have less appetite and don't want to eat more; We should have no emotions, no emotions and no thoughts. This is the way to live a long life.
Li Qingyuan finally warned that hunger and cold are painful, and neither parents nor wives can replace them. Only the way of self-love and self-improvement is the criterion and key to health preservation.