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| native_name = {{lang|zh|李清雲}} |
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| name = Li Ching-Yuen |
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| caption = Ching-Yuen at the residence of [[National Revolutionary Army]] General [[Yang Sen]] in [[Wanzhou District|Wanxian]] [[Sichuan]] in 1927 |
| caption = Ching-Yuen at the residence of [[National Revolutionary Army]] General [[Yang Sen]] in [[Wanzhou District|Wanxian]] [[Sichuan]] in 1927 |
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| death_date = 6 May 1933 |
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| death_place = [[Kaizhou, Chongqing|Kai County]], [[Sichuan]], [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]] |
| death_place = [[Kaizhou, Chongqing|Kai County]], [[Sichuan]], [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]] |
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| other_names = Li, Ching |
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| occupation = Herbalist |
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| known_for = Extreme [[Longevity claims|longevity claim]] and spiritual practices by means of herbs. |
| known_for = Extreme [[Longevity claims|longevity claim]] and spiritual practices by means of herbs. |
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| notable_works = My Life Story |
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'''Li Ching-Yuen''' or '''Li Ching-Yun''' ({{zh|t='''李清雲'''|s='''李清云'''|p=Lǐ Qīngyún}}, died May |
'''Li Ching-Yuen''' or '''Li Ching-Yun''' ({{zh|t='''李清雲'''|s='''李清云'''|p=Lǐ Qīngyún}}, (died 6 May 1933) was a Chinese [[herbalism|herbalist]], [[martial arts|martial artist]] and tactical advisor, known for his supposed extreme [[longevity]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://likenews.tw/article.php?no=16151 |title=史上第一長壽！256歲的李青雲 長壽秘訣只有一個字 |publisher=Likenews.tw |access-date=10 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231023516/http://likenews.tw/article.php?no=16151 |archive-date=31 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/new/20130927/265349/ |title=256歲娶24妻 李慶遠長壽秘訣公開 | 即時新聞 | 蘋果日報 |work=Apple Daily |language=zh |location=Taiwan |date=27 September 2013 |access-date=10 March 2015}}</ref> |
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His true date of birth has never been determined. [[Gerontology|Gerontologists]] consider his claims to be a myth.<ref name=Hindawi>{{cite journal |author1=Young Robert D. |author2=Desjardins Bertrand |author3= |
His true date of birth has never been determined. [[Gerontology|Gerontologists]] consider his claims to be a myth.<ref name=Hindawi>{{cite journal |author1=Young Robert D. |author2=Desjardins Bertrand |author3=McLaughlin Kirsten |author4=Poulain Michel |author5=Perls Thomas T. |year=2010 |title=Typologies of Extreme Longevity |journal=Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research |volume=2010 |doi=10.1155/2010/423087 |pmid=21461047 |pmc=3062986 |page=8 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Li Ching-Yuen: 256-Year-Old Man? |date=28 February 2013 |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/li-ching-yuen/}}</ref> |
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==Biography== |
== Biography == |
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| ⚫ | Ching-Yuen worked as a herbalist, selling [[Lingzhi mushroom|lingzhi]], [[Goji berries|goji berry]], wild [[ginseng]], [[he shou wu]] and [[gotu kola]] along with other Chinese herbs, and lived off a diet of these herbs and [[rice wine]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Castleman |first1=Michael |title=The healing herbs: the ultimate guide to the curative power of nature's medicines |year=1991 |publisher=Rodale Press |isbn=978-0-87857-934-1 |last2=Saul Hendler |first2=Sheldon |page=206}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | It was generally accepted in [[Sichuan]] that Ching-Yuen was fully literate as a child, and that by his tenth birthday had travelled to [[Gansu]], [[Shanxi]], [[Tibet]], [[Vietnam]], [[Thailand]] and [[Manchuria]] with the purpose of gathering herbs, continuing with this occupation for a century, before beginning to purvey herbs gathered by others.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |title=Li Ching-Yun Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1933/05/06/archives/li-chingyun-dead-gayehisageas197-keep-quiet-heart-sit-like-a.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=6 May 1933}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Ching-Yuen worked as a herbalist, selling [[Lingzhi mushroom|lingzhi]], [[Goji berries|goji berry]], wild [[ginseng]], [[he shou wu]] and [[gotu kola]] along with other Chinese herbs, and lived off a diet of these herbs and [[rice wine]].<ref>{{cite book|last1 |
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| ⚫ | He died from [[natural causes]] on 6 May 1933 in [[Kai County|Kai Xian]], Sichuan, [[Republic of China (1912–49)|Republic of China]].<ref name="Miami">{{cite news |last=Miami Herald |author-link=Miami Herald |title=Living forever |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=18gLAAAAIBAJ&pg=4235,1125251&dq= |newspaper=The Evening Independent |date=12 October 1929}}</ref><ref name="NYT" /> Ching-Yuen supposedly sired over 200 descendants during his life span, surviving 24 wives.<ref name="Harris">{{cite book |last=Harris |first=Timothy |title=Living to 100 and Beyond |year=2009 |publisher=ACTEX Publications |isbn=978-1-56698-699-1 |page=70}}</ref><ref name="Miami" /> Other sources credit him with 180 descendants, over 11 generations, living at the time of his death and 14 marriages.<ref name="NYT" /> |
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| ⚫ | After his death, [[Yang Sen]] wrote a report about him, ''A Factual Account of the 250 Year-Old Good-Luck Man'' (一个250岁长寿老人的真实记载), in which he described Ching-Yuen's appearance: "He has good eyesight and a brisk stride; Li stands seven feet tall, has very long fingernails, and a ruddy complexion."<ref name="YangSen">{{cite book |last=Yang |first=Sen |title=A Factual Account of the 250 Year-Old Good-Luck Man |publisher=Chinese and Foreign Literature Storehouse |location=Taipei, [[Taiwan|TW]]}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | He died from [[natural causes]] on 6 May 1933 in [[Kai County|Kai Xian]], |
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| ⚫ | After his death, [[Yang Sen]] wrote a report about him, ''A Factual Account of the 250 Year-Old Good-Luck Man'' (一个250岁长寿老人的真实记载), in which he described Ching-Yuen appearance: "He has good eyesight and a brisk stride; Li stands seven feet tall, has very long fingernails, and a ruddy complexion."<ref name="YangSen">{{cite book|last=Yang|first=Sen|title=A Factual Account of the 250 Year-Old Good-Luck Man|publisher=Chinese and Foreign Literature Storehouse|location=Taipei, [[Taiwan|TW]]}}</ref> |
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== Timeline of lifespan according to General Yang Sen == |
== Timeline of lifespan according to General Yang Sen == |
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| ⚫ | It is alleged that Ching-Yuen was born at [[Qijiang County]], Sichuan province, in 1677. By age 13, he had embarked upon a life of gathering herbs in the mountains with three elders. At age 51, he served as a tactical and topography advisor in the army of General [[Yue Zhongqi]].<ref name="immortal2014">{{cite book |last1=Sen |first1=Yang |last2=Olson |first2=Stuart Alve |title=The Immortal: True Accounts of the 250-Year-Old Man, Li Qingyun |date=2014 |publisher=Valley Spirit Arts |isbn=978-1-889633-34-3 |page=xvi-xix |url=http://www.valleyspiritarts.com/shop/immortal-true-accounts-250-year-old-man-li-qingyun/}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | At age 78, he retired from his military career after fighting in a battle at Golden River and returned to a life of gathering herbs on Snow Mountain in Sichuan province. Due to his military service in the army of General Yue Zhongqi, the imperial government sent a document congratulating Li on his 100th year of life, as was subsequently done on his 150th and 200th birthdays.<ref name=immortal2014 /> |
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| ⚫ | It is alleged that Ching-Yuen was born at [[Qijiang County]], Sichuan province, in 1677. By age |
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In 1908, Ching-Yuen and his disciple Yang Hexuan published a book, ''The Secrets of Li |
In 1908, Ching-Yuen and his disciple Yang Hexuan published a book, ''The Secrets of Li Qingyun's Immortality''.<ref name=immortal2014 /> |
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In 1920, General Xiong Yanghe interviewed Ching-Yuen (both men were from the village of Chenjiachang of [[Wan County]] in Sichuan province), publishing an article about it in the [[Nanjing University]] paper that same year.<ref name=immortal2014 /> |
In 1920, General Xiong Yanghe interviewed Ching-Yuen (both men were from the village of Chenjiachang of [[Wan County]] in Sichuan province), publishing an article about it in the [[Nanjing University]] paper that same year.<ref name=immortal2014 /> |
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In 1926, [[Wu Peifu]] invited Ching-Yuen to Beijing. This visit coincides with Li teaching at the [[Peking University|Beijing University]] Meditation Society at the invitation of the famous meditation master and author Yin Shi Zi.<ref name=immortal2014 /> |
In 1926, [[Wu Peifu]] invited Ching-Yuen to Beijing. This visit coincides with Li teaching at the [[Peking University|Beijing University]] Meditation Society at the invitation of the famous meditation master and author Yin Shi Zi.<ref name=immortal2014 /> |
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Then in 1927, General Yang Sen invited Ching-Yuen to Wanxian, where the first known photographs of him were taken. Word spread throughout China of Ching-Yuen, and Yang Sen's commander, General [[Chiang Kai-shek]], requested him to visit Nanjing. However, when Yang Sen's envoys arrived at Ching-Yuen hometown of Chenjiachang, they were told by his wife and disciples that he had died in nature, offering no more information. So, his actual date of death and location have never been verified.<ref name=immortal2014/> |
Then, in 1927, General Yang Sen invited Ching-Yuen to Wanxian, where the first known photographs of him were taken. Word spread throughout China of Ching-Yuen, and Yang Sen's commander, General [[Chiang Kai-shek]], requested him to visit Nanjing. However, when Yang Sen's envoys arrived at Ching-Yuen's hometown of Chenjiachang, they were told by his wife and disciples that he had died in nature, offering no more information. So, his actual date of death and location have never been verified.<ref name=immortal2014 /> |
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In 1928, Dean Wu Chung-Chien of the Department of Education at Min Kuo University |
In 1928, Dean Wu Chung-Chien of the Department of Education at Min Kuo University discovered the imperial documents showing these birthday wishes to Ching-Yuen. His discovery was first reported in the two leading Chinese newspapers of that period, ''[[North China Daily News]]'' and ''Shanghai Declaration News,'' and then maybe one year later, potentially in 1929, by ''The New York Times'' and ''Time'' magazine. Both of these Western publications reported the death of Ching-Yuen in May 1933.<ref name=immortal2014 /> |
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==Longevity== |
== Longevity == |
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| ⚫ | Whereas Li Ching-Yuen himself claimed to have been born in 1736, Wu Chung-Chieh, a professor of the Chengdu University, asserted that Li was born in 1677: according to a 1930 ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' article, Wu discovered Imperial Chinese government records from 1827 congratulating Li on his 150th birthday, and further documents later congratulating him on his 200th birthday in 1877.<ref name= time>{{cite news |title=Tortoise-Pigeon-Dog |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,745510,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310191015/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,745510,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 March 2007 |newspaper=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=15 May 2012}}</ref> In 1928, a ''New York Times'' correspondent wrote that many of the old men in Li's neighborhood asserted that their grandfathers knew him when they were boys, and that he at that time was a grown man.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ettington |first=Martin K. |title=Immortality: A History and How to Guide: Or How to Live to 150 Years and Beyond |year=2008 |publisher=Martin Ettington |isbn=978-1-4404-6493-5 |page=43}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | A correspondent of ''The New York Times'' reported that "many who have seen him recently declare that his facial appearance is no different from that of persons two centuries his junior."<ref name="NYT" /> [[Gerontology|Gerontological]] researchers have called his age claim "fantastical" and also noted that his age at death, 256 years, was chosen as a multiple of 8, which is considered good luck in China.<ref name=Hindawi /> Additionally, the connection of Li's age to his spiritual practices has been pointed to; researchers perceived that "these types of things [the myth that certain philosophies or religious practices allow a person to live to extreme old age] are most common in the [[Far East]]".<ref name=Hindawi /> |
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| ⚫ | Whereas Li Ching-Yuen himself claimed to have been born in 1736, Wu Chung-Chieh, a professor of the Chengdu University, asserted that Li was born in 1677: according to a 1930 ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' article, Wu discovered Imperial Chinese government records from 1827 congratulating Li on his 150th birthday, and further documents later congratulating him on his 200th birthday in 1877.<ref name= time>{{cite news |title=Tortoise-Pigeon-Dog|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,745510,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310191015/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,745510,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 March 2007|newspaper=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=15 May 2012}}</ref> In 1928, a ''New York Times'' correspondent wrote that many of the old men in Li's neighborhood asserted that their grandfathers knew him when they were boys, and that he at that time was a grown man.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ettington|first=Martin K.|title=Immortality: A History and How to Guide: Or How to Live to 150 Years and Beyond |year=2008 |
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| ⚫ | One of Li's disciples, the [[Taijiquan]] Master Da Liu, told of his master's story: when 130 years old Master Li encountered in the mountains an older [[hermit]], over 500 years old, who taught him [[Baguazhang]] and a set of [[Qigong]] with breathing instructions, movements training coordinated with specific sounds, and dietary recommendations. Da Liu reports that his master said that his longevity "is {{not a typo|due to the fact that}} he performed the exercises every day – regularly, correctly, and with sincerity – for 120 years."<ref>{{cite book |last=Liu |first=Da |title=Taoist Health Exercise Book |year=1983 |publisher=Putnam}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | A correspondent of ''The New York Times'' reported that "many who have seen him recently declare that his facial appearance is no different from that of persons two centuries his junior."<ref name="NYT"/> [[Gerontology|Gerontological]] researchers have called his age claim "fantastical" and also noted that his age at death, 256 years, was chosen as a multiple of 8, which is considered good luck in China.<ref name=Hindawi/> Additionally, the connection of Li's age to his spiritual practices has been pointed to; researchers perceived that "these types of things [the myth that certain philosophies or religious practices allow a person to live to extreme old age] are most common in the [[Far East]]".<ref name=Hindawi/> |
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| ⚫ | One of Li's disciples, the [[Taijiquan]] Master Da Liu, told of his master's story: when 130 years old Master Li encountered in the mountains an older [[hermit]], over 500 years old, who taught him [[Baguazhang]] and a set of [[Qigong]] with breathing instructions, movements training coordinated with specific sounds, and dietary recommendations. Da Liu reports that his master said that his longevity "is {{not a typo|due to the fact that}} he performed the exercises every day – regularly, correctly, and with sincerity – for 120 years."<ref>{{cite book|last=Liu|first=Da|title=Taoist Health Exercise Book |year=1983|publisher=Putnam}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | An article in the ''[[Evening Independent]]'' claims that Li's longevity is due to his experimentation with medicinal herbs in his capacity as a druggist, his discovery in the [[Yunnan]] mountains of herbs which "prevent the ravages of old age" and which he continued to use throughout his life.<ref name="Miami" /> |
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| ⚫ | An article in the ''[[Evening Independent]]'' claims that Li's longevity is due to his experimentation with medicinal herbs in his capacity as a druggist, his discovery in the [[Yunnan]] mountains of herbs which "prevent the ravages of old age" and which he continued to use throughout his life.<ref name="Miami"/> |
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==External links== |
== External links == |
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* [http://www.chinahand.com/chikung/chikung1.htm Chi Kung – Qigong – Meditation] |
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* [http://www.cemetrac.com.br/ CEMETRAC – Centro de Estudos da Medicina Tradicional e Cultura Chinesa] {{in lang|pt}} |
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Latest revision as of 18:21, 11 November 2024
Li Ching-Yuen | |
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| 李清雲 | |
 Ching-Yuen at the residence of National Revolutionary Army General Yang Sen in Wanxian Sichuan in 1927 | |
| Born | unknown |
| Died | 6 May 1933 |
| Other names | Li, Ching |
| Occupation | Herbalist |
| Known for | Extreme longevity claim and spiritual practices by means of herbs. |
| Notable work | My Life Story |
| Height | 2.13m (7 ft 0 in) |
Li Ching-Yuen or Li Ching-Yun (simplified Chinese: 李清云; traditional Chinese: 李清雲; pinyin: Lǐ Qīngyún, (died 6 May 1933) was a Chinese herbalist, martial artist and tactical advisor, known for his supposed extreme longevity.[1][2]
His true date of birth has never been determined. Gerontologists consider his claims to be a myth.[3][4]
Biography
[edit]Ching-Yuen worked as a herbalist, selling lingzhi, goji berry, wild ginseng, he shou wu and gotu kola along with other Chinese herbs, and lived off a diet of these herbs and rice wine.[5]
It was generally accepted in Sichuan that Ching-Yuen was fully literate as a child, and that by his tenth birthday had travelled to Gansu, Shanxi, Tibet, Vietnam, Thailand and Manchuria with the purpose of gathering herbs, continuing with this occupation for a century, before beginning to purvey herbs gathered by others.[6]
The Zhili warlord Wu Peifu (吳佩孚) took him into his home in an attempt to discover the secret of living 250 years.[6]
He died from natural causes on 6 May 1933 in Kai Xian, Sichuan, Republic of China.[7][6] Ching-Yuen supposedly sired over 200 descendants during his life span, surviving 24 wives.[8][7] Other sources credit him with 180 descendants, over 11 generations, living at the time of his death and 14 marriages.[6]
After his death, Yang Sen wrote a report about him, A Factual Account of the 250 Year-Old Good-Luck Man (一个250岁长寿老人的真实记载), in which he described Ching-Yuen's appearance: "He has good eyesight and a brisk stride; Li stands seven feet tall, has very long fingernails, and a ruddy complexion."[9]
Timeline of lifespan according to General Yang Sen
[edit]It is alleged that Ching-Yuen was born at Qijiang County, Sichuan province, in 1677. By age 13, he had embarked upon a life of gathering herbs in the mountains with three elders. At age 51, he served as a tactical and topography advisor in the army of General Yue Zhongqi.[10]
At age 78, he retired from his military career after fighting in a battle at Golden River and returned to a life of gathering herbs on Snow Mountain in Sichuan province. Due to his military service in the army of General Yue Zhongqi, the imperial government sent a document congratulating Li on his 100th year of life, as was subsequently done on his 150th and 200th birthdays.[10]
In 1908, Ching-Yuen and his disciple Yang Hexuan published a book, The Secrets of Li Qingyun's Immortality.[10]
In 1920, General Xiong Yanghe interviewed Ching-Yuen (both men were from the village of Chenjiachang of Wan County in Sichuan province), publishing an article about it in the Nanjing University paper that same year.[10]
In 1926, Wu Peifu invited Ching-Yuen to Beijing. This visit coincides with Li teaching at the Beijing University Meditation Society at the invitation of the famous meditation master and author Yin Shi Zi.[10]
Then, in 1927, General Yang Sen invited Ching-Yuen to Wanxian, where the first known photographs of him were taken. Word spread throughout China of Ching-Yuen, and Yang Sen's commander, General Chiang Kai-shek, requested him to visit Nanjing. However, when Yang Sen's envoys arrived at Ching-Yuen's hometown of Chenjiachang, they were told by his wife and disciples that he had died in nature, offering no more information. So, his actual date of death and location have never been verified.[10]
In 1928, Dean Wu Chung-Chien of the Department of Education at Min Kuo University discovered the imperial documents showing these birthday wishes to Ching-Yuen. His discovery was first reported in the two leading Chinese newspapers of that period, North China Daily News and Shanghai Declaration News, and then maybe one year later, potentially in 1929, by The New York Times and Time magazine. Both of these Western publications reported the death of Ching-Yuen in May 1933.[10]
Longevity
[edit]Whereas Li Ching-Yuen himself claimed to have been born in 1736, Wu Chung-Chieh, a professor of the Chengdu University, asserted that Li was born in 1677: according to a 1930 New York Times article, Wu discovered Imperial Chinese government records from 1827 congratulating Li on his 150th birthday, and further documents later congratulating him on his 200th birthday in 1877.[11] In 1928, a New York Times correspondent wrote that many of the old men in Li's neighborhood asserted that their grandfathers knew him when they were boys, and that he at that time was a grown man.[12]
A correspondent of The New York Times reported that "many who have seen him recently declare that his facial appearance is no different from that of persons two centuries his junior."[6] Gerontological researchers have called his age claim "fantastical" and also noted that his age at death, 256 years, was chosen as a multiple of 8, which is considered good luck in China.[3] Additionally, the connection of Li's age to his spiritual practices has been pointed to; researchers perceived that "these types of things [the myth that certain philosophies or religious practices allow a person to live to extreme old age] are most common in the Far East".[3]
One of Li's disciples, the Taijiquan Master Da Liu, told of his master's story: when 130 years old Master Li encountered in the mountains an older hermit, over 500 years old, who taught him Baguazhang and a set of Qigong with breathing instructions, movements training coordinated with specific sounds, and dietary recommendations. Da Liu reports that his master said that his longevity "is due to the fact that he performed the exercises every day – regularly, correctly, and with sincerity – for 120 years."[13]
The article "Tortoise-Pigeon-Dog", from the 15 May 1933 issue of Time reports on his history, and includes Li's answer to the secret of a long life:[11]
Keep a quiet heart, sit like a tortoise, walk sprightly like a pigeon and sleep like a dog.
— Li Ching-Yuen[11]
An article in the Evening Independent claims that Li's longevity is due to his experimentation with medicinal herbs in his capacity as a druggist, his discovery in the Yunnan mountains of herbs which "prevent the ravages of old age" and which he continued to use throughout his life.[7]
See also
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Wikiquote has quotations related to Li Ching-Yuen.
- Longevity myths
- Longevity claims
- Oldest people
- Jiroemon Kimura – a Japanese supercentenarian and the oldest verified man
- Zaro Aga
References
[edit]- ^ "史上第一長壽！256歲的李青雲 長壽秘訣只有一個字". Likenews.tw. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ "256歲娶24妻 李慶遠長壽秘訣公開 | 即時新聞 | 蘋果日報". Apple Daily (in Chinese). Taiwan. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ a b c Young Robert D.; Desjardins Bertrand; McLaughlin Kirsten; Poulain Michel; Perls Thomas T. (2010). "Typologies of Extreme Longevity". Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research. 2010: 8. doi:10.1155/2010/423087. PMC 3062986. PMID 21461047.
- ^ "Li Ching-Yuen: 256-Year-Old Man?". 28 February 2013.
- ^ Castleman, Michael; Saul Hendler, Sheldon (1991). The healing herbs: the ultimate guide to the curative power of nature's medicines. Rodale Press. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-87857-934-1.
- ^ a b c d e "Li Ching-Yun Dead". The New York Times. 6 May 1933.
- ^ a b c Miami Herald (12 October 1929). "Living forever". The Evening Independent.
- ^ Harris, Timothy (2009). Living to 100 and Beyond. ACTEX Publications. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-56698-699-1.
- ^ Yang, Sen. A Factual Account of the 250 Year-Old Good-Luck Man. Taipei, TW: Chinese and Foreign Literature Storehouse.
- ^ a b c d e f g Sen, Yang; Olson, Stuart Alve (2014). The Immortal: True Accounts of the 250-Year-Old Man, Li Qingyun. Valley Spirit Arts. p. xvi-xix. ISBN 978-1-889633-34-3.
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External links
[edit]- Chi Kung – Qigong – Meditation
- CEMETRAC – Centro de Estudos da Medicina Tradicional e Cultura Chinesa (in Portuguese)
- Tortoise-Pigeon-Dog – Time article on Li Ching-Yuen (15 May 1933)