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 ASWIN rated 5 months ago- "Keep a quiet heart, sit like a tortoise, walk sprightly like a pigeon and sleep like a dog." These were the words of advice Li gave to Wu Pei-fu, the warlord, who took Li into his house to learn the secret of extremely long life.
Li maintained that inward calm and peace of mind were th...
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- MrA4224 rated 2 days ago
- 256, eh? At least we know human age is stored in more than 8 bits
- CheshireCat131 rated 12 days ago
- Very interesting story
- ASWIN rated 5 months ago
- "Keep a quiet heart, sit like a tortoise, walk sprightly like a pigeon and sleep like a dog." These were the words of advice Li gave to Wu Pei-fu, the warlord, who took Li into his house to learn the secret of extremely long life.
Li maintained that inward calm and peace of mind were the secrets to incredible longevity. His diet after all, was mainly based on rice and wine.
- mjay88 rated 5 months ago
- Boggles the mind...
- dtanner89 rated 5 months ago
- There's no way! Once the science of growing replacement body parts has been developed more, we should theoretically have an upper lifespan of 150-200 years. But this science is decades off, partially due to our relatively inefficient methods of treating cancer (which would always be a risk with technology such as this). I just don't see how this is anything more than a self-promoted longevity myth.
- CharlesHB rated 5 months ago
- From the page: "According to the 1933 obituaries in both Time Magazine and the New York Times, Li Ching-Yun was reported to have... died at the age of 256.
Was this man long lived, probably, but no way 256 - this is really *very* unlikely - this is undoubtedly a case of gross exaggeration and an absence of verifiable supporting evidence.
120 years seems to be the top end of normal human lifespan, and only handful of people have lived but a few years beyond this upper limit.
What is however interesting is that within our lifetimes medical science is getting closer to extending normal expectancy.
- rdrunner923 rated 5 months ago
- Not sure if I buy this or not, but still interesting
- miranda622 rated 5 months ago
- According to the 1933 obituaries in both Time Magazine and the New York Times, Li Ching-Yun was reported to have buried 23 wives and fostered 180 descendants by the time he died at the age of 256.
- stejules rated 5 months ago
- From the page: "According to the 1933 obituaries in both Time Magazine and the New York Times, Li Ching-Yun was reported to have buried 23 wives and fostered 180 descendants by the time he died at the age of 256.
Was he really that old? Could he have forgotten his own birthday or exaggerated his claim? Environmental Graffiti investigates."
- envirograffiti rated 5 months ago
- From the page: "According to the 1933 obituaries in both Time Magazine and the New York Times, Li Ching-Yun was reported to have buried 23 wives and fostered 180 descendants by the time he died at the age of 256."
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