Immortality is the goal that people have been pursuing since ancient times, although in the historical record, no capable person can really live forever, but in view of the transience of life, especially the kings of the past, they have great power and wealth, what is missing is only the continuation of life, so people will still pursue the idea of immortality. Although in ancient times, due to the backward level of medical care and frequent wars, the life expectancy of the people was not long, basically maintained at an average age of 35 years, and there were countless young and early deaths.
However, according to the history books, in ancient times, there were many heavenly sons who lived long, even reaching a hundred years and a thousand years, so seeking the method of eternal life has become a must for many kings in the past dynasties. In 221 BC, after Qin Shi Huang unified the Six Kingdoms and established the Qin Dynasty, he also sought the elixir of immortality, but after several twists and turns, it was still fruitless, and Yingzheng himself only lived to the age of 49 and died in 210 BC.
Yin Zheng is not the longest-lived king in history, like The Han Wu Emperor Liu Che and the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, they all lived for more than 70 years, but there are not many kings like them in history, and the life span of most kings ends before the age of 40, and it is precisely because the life span of the kings is so short that the folk pursuit of the art of immortality is more popular.
In 1965, archaeologists found a joint burial tomb in Jiangsu, and there were not many joint burial tombs in ancient times, generally speaking, a couple would be buried together in the same tomb after death. However, after expert research, it was found that this ancient tomb is not a husband and wife burial tomb, but a father-daughter joint burial tomb, which is an extremely rare thing in ancient times, after all, although the blood between father and daughter is thicker than water, there is still a gender gap.
It is indeed unprecedented to be buried in the same tomb, and there are 200 red pills in the tomb that do not know what they are. In view of the mysteries in the tomb, experts immediately began to conduct in-depth research on the ancient tomb, and slowly, the truth surfaced, this father-daughter burial tomb is actually a tragic case of pursuing immortality.
In 266 AD, during the historical Jin Dynasty, due to the chaos of the dynasty at that time and the tension between the monarch and the courtiers, many people were reluctant to enter politics and began to drink and enjoy themselves daily with their friends, and in the gatherings of these scholars, a kind of entertainment medicine called Wushishan was the object of their frequent discussion. In fact, Wushishan is only a drug for the treatment of typhoid fever, and patients with typhoid fever symptoms can eat it to relieve typhoid fever, but if the disease-free person takes it, he will have a fever all over his body, like drunkenness.
But it is precisely because of this effect that many people at that time used the five-stone powder as an elixir and were extremely obsessed with smoking the five-stone powder. In 316, the Western Jin Dynasty fell, and Sima Rui established the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which was inseparable from the support of courtiers and many large families, and Wang Bin was one of these large families.
As a figure who supported the establishment of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wang Bin actually had greater power, but he refused to be an official, but indulged in the art of immortality all day long, and the secret of Wang Bin's immortality was the five stones of the Jin Dynasty. In 1965, the father-daughter tomb found in Jiangsu was the tomb of Wang Bin and his daughter, and the more than 200 red pills found by archaeologists in the tomb were condensed versions of the five stone scatter, because Wang Bin was obsessed with smoking five stone scatter, so he and his daughter also smoked together, and delayed the marriage.
In 336, Wang Bin died of an overdose of five stones, and a few years later, his daughter also died, because her daughter never married in her life, so her descendants buried her and her father together. There is nothing wrong with wanting to pursue immortality, but excessive indulgence in drugs such as Wushishan and pulling his daughter together is really harmful and makes people feel indignant.