Emperor Wen of Han Liu Heng died at the age of 47, and Emperor Liu Qi of Han died at the age of 48, neither father nor son lived to be fifty years old.
If by modern standards, Emperor Wen of Han and Emperor Jing of Han were indeed short-lived, but in ancient times, although these two people could not be regarded as longevity, they were already very normal lifespans.
If you look at the history and compare it, you will find that Emperor Wen of Han and Emperor Jing of Han lived not too short.
Throughout the Han Dynasty, the Western Han Dynasty and all the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty, together, had an average life expectancy of only 33 years.
The ancients themselves did not have a long lifespan, and the royal family was no exception Due to the limitations of living standards and medical technology, people in the past generally lived for a long time, such as Confucius who died at the age of seventy-three and Mencius who died at the age of eighty-four, which was extremely rare in that era.
Compared with the pre-Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty has made great progress, but people still do not live long.
The living conditions of the imperial family are naturally better than those of ordinary people, and they are supposed to live the longest, but a closer look reveals that most of the emperors in ancient times did not live long.
There are a total of eighty-three dynasties in history, a total of 559 emperors, many of whom died early and died young, and only a few over sixty years old, while the average life expectancy of all emperors was only 39.2 years.
Among the more than 20 emperors of the Han Dynasty, only 11 survived to the age of 40, of which only 5 were over 50 years old, and 16 died before they could even live to be 40 years old.
In the Ming Dynasty a thousand years later, of the sixteen emperors, only 3 lived to the age of 60, only 1 person from 50 to 60 years old, and 10 did not even live to be 40 years old, and their average life expectancy was not as good as the previous Tang Dynasty, let alone the Song Dynasty.
Overall, the real longevity of ancient emperors was the Qing Dynasty, and six of the twelve emperors lived past the age of sixty.
In this regard, although Neither Emperor Wen of Han nor Emperor Jing of Han could live to be fifty years old, in ancient times, the longevity of father and son was not short, and they could be ranked among the best in the Ming Dynasty.
Emperor Wen Jingdi's illness died, mainly because medical treatment was not good According to the historical records, the reasons for the death of Emperor Liu Heng of Han and Liu Qi of Han Jingdi were all due to serious illness and death, as for what the disease was, it was not recorded in detail.
In ancient times, many people did not live long because of diseases, especially in the Han Dynasty, such as Huo's disease.
Many people think that Huo Went sick was born in the military and must be in good health, but don't forget the name "go to the disease", a great possibility of taking such a strange name, that is, Huo Go disease is not born in good health.
Emperor Wen advocated frugality, and his life from childhood was not so superior, and his physical fitness may not be as strong as imagined, and the symptoms that seem common to many people in ancient times are actually fatal.
Even if there are the most skilled doctors in the royal family, they can't help it under the general environment.
Speaking of this, there are always people who do not forget to step on traditional Chinese medicine and think that Chinese medicine is not GOOD, but if you look at western medical technology in the same period, you will find that it is far inferior to Chinese medicine.
The effect of Chinese medicine is relatively slow, Western medicine is since ancient times to see the effect of fast, ancient to modern Western medicine directly sent people away, the most famous is that no matter what the disease, first put two barrels of blood, headache on the head to open a hole in the head to let Satan leave and so on.
Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing were most likely not seriously ill, but the technology at that time was slow to work, and both of them were not in good health, and they were nearly half a hundred years old, so they failed to hold on, and finally passed away.
Industrious emperors, always more difficult in the early Han Dynasty, the family foundation is actually quite weak, after the Spring and Autumn Warring States, qin dynasty and Chu and Han hegemony, hundreds of years of war, so that the entire Central Plains world is quite withered.
It is precisely because of this that in the early days of the Han Dynasty, the rule of inaction was implemented, that is, quiet inaction and rest with the people.
By the Wenjing and Jing dynasties, this big policy had been implemented for a long time, but on the whole, there was nothing to do, but there were still a lot of worries inside, so when there was no action, it did not mean that the royal family had nothing to do.
In the Wenjing era, after the rebellion of Zhulu, there were princes and kings inside until the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, and there were Xiongnu pressing forward step by step, and all kinds of things that needed to be taken care of and handled were still very heavy.
In history, Emperor Wen of Han and Emperor Jing of Han were both very good and outstanding emperors, who were quite diligent during their reigns, and they were also very attentive to the handling of the government, and there was no absurd behavior.
However, in the past thousand years, there have been many excellent emperors who have gone early because they are too diligent, such as the most typical Northern Zhou Wu Emperor Yuwen Yong and Later Zhou Shizong Chai Rong.
In today's terms, it is an accident caused by overwork, hanging on the job.
Judging from the environment at that time, the living conditions of Emperor Wen of Han and Emperor Jing of Han were not so good, plus both of them were quite hard and diligent, their health was not very good and normal, and it was already very good to live to nearly fifty years old.