Because the level of productivity in ancient times was very low, the medical conditions were backward, the average age of the ancients was more than forty years old, less than half of the people, even the average age of the emperors who were pampered and pampered was also very short, from ancient times to the present more than four hundred emperors, only thirty people lived to the age of sixty, in addition to Wu Zetian, only the Kangxi Emperor and the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty lived the longest.
The reason why Kangxi and Qianlong lived longer was not because production technology and medical means had advanced by leaps and bounds, nor because the family had longevity genes, but because they had quit a common disease of an emperor, that is, indiscriminate consumption of Dan medicine and the pursuit of immortality. Since ancient times, countless emperors have hoped that they can live forever, listen to the words of many jianghu warlocks, and eat tonics and elixirs as meals every day, and as a result, many emperors have died early because of the pursuit of immortality.
The Kangxi Emperor died at the age of sixty-nine, reigned for a full sixty years, although he treated state affairs diligently and diligently, but his body has always been very tough, and he rarely gets sick, this is because the Kangxi Emperor does not pay much attention to health, he likes a simple and regular life, not addicted to wine, nor pursues immortality, because of his restraint and self-discipline, he became the first emperor in history to reign for sixty years.
The Qianlong Emperor called himself the Old Man of The Ten Perfections, in fact, he was indeed a blessed man, he lived to the age of eighty-nine, becoming the longest-lived emperor in the history of our country, not only that, he was also the luckiest and most blessed emperor, although Qianlong himself did not have any ability and talent, but after he ascended the throne, the treasury was sufficient, the wind and rain were smooth, plus he had a very good mentality and especially knew how to enjoy glory and wealth, never pursued longevity and did not like to eat tonic elixirs, such a blessed emperor is really very rare.