There was a strange man in the Republic of China, born in 1677, died in 1933, and lived for 256 years, he was Li Qingyuan. Rumor has it that he married 24 wives in his lifetime, giving birth to 180 sons and daughters. At the age of 100, he received awards in the field of traditional Chinese medicine. At the age of 200, he spread the secret of health in many universities. There are also rumors that the New York Times reported that Li Qingyuan lived to the age of 256. So did this Li Qingyuan really live that long and give birth to so many children?
Like women, men have childbearing age, beyond which they cannot have children. In general, when men are in their 70s, they still have fertility. A small number of men reach their 80s and still have children. It is possible for Li Qingyuan to marry 24 wives, but it is unlikely that he will have 180 children.
Even if Li Qingyuan's childbearing age is 80 years old, at least 2 to 3 children will be born a year. In the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, the medical level was limited, and many children could not live to be more than 5 years old. Therefore, Li Qingyuan's wife must have at least 3 to 4 people pregnant in a year. And, 180 children will surely have many offspring. However, so far, qingyuan's descendants have not been found.
In the official historical records of the Qing Dynasty, there is no record of Li Qingyuan. It is rumored that when Li Qingyuan was 100 years old, he received the official Contribution Award of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Qing Dynasty. When Li Qingyuan was 100 years old, he was forty-two years old in Qianlong. Qianlong was a man who loved fame and respected the elderly. In the first year of Jiaqing, Qianlong, who had become the Emperor of Taishang, held a "Banquet of a Thousand Sorrows", giving imperial wine to some well-known elderly people over the age of 90, and rewarding two elderly people over the age of 100 with six pins to wear.
In the rumors, Li Qingyuan has been famous since the forty-second year of Qianlong, but he did not receive any rewards in the "Feast of a Thousand Sorrows". If there really is Li Qingyuan, with his age and contribution to Chinese medicine, he will definitely be rewarded in the "Feast of a Thousand Sorrows". It can be seen that Li Qingyuan is mostly fictional.
Rumor has it that Li Qingyuan taught his health at some universities at the age of 200. There are many loopholes in this rumor. Because Li Qingyuan was 200 years old in 1877, and China's first university was founded in 1895. At that time, there was no university, which university did Li Qingyuan go to teach the way of health?
Li Qingyuan appeared in the Republic of China out of thin air, and there is no record of him in the Qing Dynasty. The earliest source of Li Qingyuan is a portrait of Li Qingyuan in the sixteenth year of the Republic of China, and it is marked with 250 years old. Human cells can divide 50 to 60 times, and cells divide once every 2 to 3 years, theoretically the highest life expectancy of people is 130 years old, and it is impossible to reach more than 200 years old. Therefore, Li Qingyuan is a fiction.