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China's feudal society began in 221 BC when Qin Shi Huang called him "emperor" to 1912 when Puyi announced his abdication, a total of 2132 years, the total number of feudal emperors was 494. The average life expectancy of Chinese emperors was 39.2 years, of which only five were over 80 years old, 11 were over 70 years old, and 30 were over 60 years old.
The reason why the emperor did not live long was mainly because he had too much power and lived all day in fear. Secondly, all day long in life in the deep palace, can not get exercise, greed for power and wine, no one dares to care. The last point is the pursuit of immortality, superstitious warlocks, and indiscriminate consumption of "elixirs". Speaking of the pursuit of immortality, from the beginning of Qin Shi Huang to the fall of the Qing Dynasty, almost all famous emperors in history have pursued immortality.
After Qin Shi Huang unified the Six Kingdoms, he felt that his merits could be better than the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. In the later years of his reign, he became obsessed with the art of immortality. In the twenty-eighth year of Qin Shi Huang (219 BC), Xu Fu wrote to Qin Shi Huang, saying that Penglai, abbot, and Yingzhou were inhabited by gods and immortals, and Qin Shi Huang sent Xu Fu to lead thousands of virgins, boys, and girls to prepare food, clothes, and medicine for three years to seek immortality in the sea. After spending a lot of manpower and material resources, Xu Fu did not find the sacred mountain.
In addition to Qin Shi Huang, in his later years, Tang Taizong Li Shimin was particularly gullible to the words of the alchemists, both indulging in divination and obsessing with elixirs. In the twenty-first year of Zhenguan (647), Li Shimin suffered a stroke and was paralyzed in bed. Li Shimin began to devour the elixir refined by the alchemists. Li Shimin hopes that he will live forever. The domestic alchemist Li Shimin thought that the Taoism was shallow, so he sent people abroad to look for gaoren.
Compared with Qin Shi Huang and Li Shimin, the two emperors of Kangxi and Qianlong were counted as high-life emperors, the Kangxi Emperor died at the age of 69, and the Qianlong Emperor died at the age of 89. These two emperors live a long life, and they are not obsessed with any elixir and pursue what immortality, let's look at the longevity secrets of these two emperors.
Kangxi's way of health
Kangxi's longevity has a lot to do with his health, diet, living, and clean clothes. The Kangxi Emperor believed that if people wanted to live a long life, they could not rely on taking the so-called elixir of immortality, and eat and live in an orderly, disciplined, and measured manner. It is the core of health care.
Kangxi Yue: "Eat and drink, live cautiously, but it is also a good recipe for illness." He said that we should not overeat, but should "live in a constant way," and we should not "snooze" or "gluttonously," and we should not "indulge in the banquet." Lost food, not eaten from time to time. Although there is a lot of meat, it does not make it better to eat gas. ”
Kangxi advocated cleanliness, and Kangxi said: "Whoever stays at home is only clean." "That is, whether at home or away from home, it should be clean and tidy. He said, "If a person is clean on a daily basis, he is pure in breath, and if he is nearly filthy, he is contaminated with chaos." ”
Kangxi was not opposed to drinking, he was against indulging in alcohol, and he hated the greedy cupper even more. Kangxi usually eats and drinks a cup on holidays, Kangxi said: "If you are mostly drunk, your mind is confused and faint, or it causes illness."
Pure and humble heart, divine meditation and is also Kangxi's way of health, Kangxi said: "Nourish the gods with 'widowed thoughts', nourish the sex with 'widowhood', nourish the qi with widowhood,' and only then can you maintain health." The form is the instrument that holds life, and the mind is the master of the form, so it is thought that the spirit is at ease inside, the mind is quiet, the heart is harmonious, the heart is complete, and the form is not tempted outside.
The Qianlong Emperor's way of health
The Qianlong Emperor summed up the four tips for health maintenance: "Tuna the heart, the movement of the bones." Do not use the four of the ten, and supplement it at the right time." To take a breath is to get up in the morning, take a deep breath, and perform tai chi exercises. Qianlong liked to shoot archery on horseback, and archery on horseback in order to move the bones and bones.
The ten constants are: teeth often percussion, jin often pharyngeal, ear often bullet, nose often kneading, eye often transported, face often rubbing, foot often rubbing, abdomen often travel, limb often extended, often mentioned; the four do not are: food do not speak, lie do not speak, drink do not get drunk, color do not fan. The Qianlong Emperor's insistence on regularly achieving "ten constants and four noes" shows that he is familiar with the way of health maintenance and often practices it, which is an important reason for high longevity.
Summary: From the perspective of kangxi and Qianlong's health care, people's life from birth to death is a process, people can only conform to nature, more maintenance, and prolong life within a certain range, rather than like Qin Shi Huang and Li Shimin, seeking a panacea. Only by relaxing your heart and calming your mind can you raise your life.