The Mysterious Longevity of Li Chengyun

Li Chengyun was reputed to have an incredibly long life span. His true date of birth has never been revealed. Chengyun worked as an herbalist, Wu Peifu, the Zili warlord, invited him to his home to learn the secret of living for 250 years. During his lifetime, Li reportedly had over 200 descendants and 23 wives. According to other sources, at the time of his death he had 180 descendants from 11 generations and 14 marriages. After his death, Yang Sen wrote an account of him called A Factual Account of the 250-Year-Old Good Luck Man. Wu Chengchi, a professor at Chengdu University, claimed that Li Chengyun was actually born in 1677, not 1736, even though Li himself claimed to have been born that year. According to a 1930 New York Times article, Wu found records from the Chinese imperial government from 1827 congratulating Li on his 150th birthday and additional documents later congratulating him on his 200th birthday in 1877. Many elderly people in Li's neighborhood claimed according to a new book from 1928 York Times Correspondent that their grandfathers had known him when they were boys and that he was already grown up. The researchers noted that Li's long old age may be related to his spiritual practices because such things as the myth that certain philosophies or religious practices allow a person to live to a ripe old age are common in the Far East. The Times' Tortoise-Pigeon-Dog article of May 15, 1933 details his life story and shows Lee's answer to the question of how to live a long life, keep a quiet heart, sit like a tortoise, walk briskly like a pigeon, and sleep like a dog. According to an article in the Evening Independent, Li's longevity can be attributed to his use of medicinal herbs while working as an apothecary, his discovery of herbs in the mountains of Yunnan that prevent the ravages of old age, and his continuous use of these herbs throughout the year. his life #LongevitySecrets #Herbalist Wisdom #AncientChineseWisdom #Livingto250 #MedicalHerbs #SpiritualPractices