Tuesday, September 24, 2013

The Oldest Man In Recorded History?!

Li Ching - Yuen from China lived 256 years, born in 1677 in the town of Qi Jiang Xian in the Szechuan province. He was a martial artist and a tactical adviser and he died in 1933, having over 200 descendants during his life span and surviving 23 wives.

How did he do it? 
Ching-Yuen is reported to have lived off a diet of herbs and rice wine inculding lingzhi, Goji Berries- wild ginseng, he shou wu and gotu kola.
Is there proof?
In a 1930 New York Times article, Professor Wu Chung-chieh of the University of Chengdu found Imperial Chinese government records from 1827, congratulating Li Ching-Yuen on his 150th birthday. Further documents later congratulate him on his 200th birthday in 1877.
More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Ching-Yuen

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