The 256-year-old man, married 23 wives and had 108 children?

In 1930, the New York Times published an article about a Chinese man who lived to be 256 years old, married 23 wives and had 108 children.

Everyone knows that human aging is inevitable and irreversible. According to the World Health Organization, Japan and Switzerland are the leading countries in terms of life expectancy for both sexes, with an average of 83.5 years. The longest recorded human life span officially coming from southern France is a woman named Jeanne Louise Calment , who lived to 122 years.

History, however, records a story about a man in China who has lived to be more than 200 years old . Although there is still a lot of mixed information, there are still a lot of stories and rumors spread everywhere and even to foreign magazines such as the New York Times.

Mr. Ly Thanh Nguyen is said to live up to 256 years old.

According to an article published in the New York Times in 1930, the name of the man Li Ching-Yuen (Ly Thanh Nguyen) lived to be 256 years old.

In 1928, Professor Wu-Chung Chieh of Chengdu University discovered Ly Thanh Nguyen's 150th birthday document in 1827, and there were even many documents to congratulate the 1st birthday. His 200 in 1877.

Based on several records, Mr. Li was born in 1677 in Qijiang, Sichuan and died in 1933. He was a scholar of traditional Chinese medicine at the end of the Qing Dynasty.

His father was a farmer who often took medicine to earn a living. As an adult, Li Qingyuan like his father started wandering around. Within 60 years, he has traveled more than half of China. Everywhere, he also collected herbs associated with the sale of drugs, learn about customs and especially the health of middle-aged and elderly people.

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In 1749, Mr. Li was 72 years old but still joined the army as a martial arts trainer. Legend has it that throughout his life, he married 23 wives who gave birth to 180 children. He himself is always in good health and rarely ill. Many people are curious about the secret of his longevity.

In 1927, the general named Yang-sen in Sichuan at that time was curious about Mr. Li's longevity secret and invited him to come as a guest. Mr. Li Qingyuan told the general about his health care regime in great detail. Deeply attracted to Mr. Li, the shogun took a portrait of him.

Describing the secret of his longevity, Mr. Li summed it up in nine words: "Sit like a turtle, walk like a bird, sleep like a dog" , and maintain a peaceful mindset. He describes the factors that longevity needs from four aspects: sitting, walking, sleeping and psychology.

In 1928, Mr. Li also wrote a book numb "The secret of immortality" . In it, he shared another secret that helped him maintain a long life is to practice qigong. He proposed a "flexible, harmonious and harmonious yin and yang" method to exercise and practice three habits:

1. 1. Fasting for a long time;
2. 2. Keep the mind calm;
3. 3. Drink herbal tea all year round.

Mr. Li's disciples also recount that he often found himself just sitting in the room, meditating and practicing breathing techniques.

He has 23 wives and 108 children.(Illustration).

According to historical records, Mr. Li's living habits are different from ordinary people. He did not drink or smoke, eat well and go to bed early. When he fell asleep, he closed his eyes, touched his hands to his knees, straightened his head and did not move for several hours.

He also has a habit of using a small tube attached to his finger to protect nails. When the nails are long, he cuts and removes the extra nail in the box. Normally he was very quiet and only spoke when needed.

So far stories about him have been circulated everywhere. There are still many people arguing over whether or not there exists a person who actually lives to be over 200 years old but experts believe that people who maintain a healthy, healthy lifestyle can increase the life expectancy of their village. Dear. Whether or not to maintain to be 200 years old is still a question.

How long can humans live?

In 2016, a team of scientists stated in a Nature magazine article that life expectancy could be higher than 115 years. However, in June this year, another team of researchers said that, if living in the optimal conditions.

In animal studies over the past few decades, scientists have begun to understand the processes that occur at the molecular and cellular level that cause degradation in old age.

Jeanne Louise Calment, the oldest elderly woman in the world is noted.

In an essay in JAMA magazine last month, Tamara Tchkonia and Dr. James L. Kirkland from Mayo Hospital (USA) classified the process into four groups: chronic lesions; cell dysfunction; changes in stem cells that cause tissue regeneration failure; and finally cell aging, an accumulation in aging tissue that is associated with disease.

The researchers found that aging cells secrete proteins, fats and other substances that increase tissue damage and destruction. Research in mice shows that implanting these cells into the knee joints of healthy mice causes a condition similar to human osteoarthritis.

According to S. Jay Olshansky, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Illinois in the US, he thinks there should be a limit to a person's life span - about 85 years is enough.

"Parts of the body, including the brain, are not designed for long-term use. We are seeing the implications of an increase in life expectancy, an increase in Alzheimer's disease, memory loss. , joint and hip problems, loss of muscle mass , " Professor Olshansky said.

He is the advocate of prolonging healthy living conditions, not longevity. He added that all of us will eventually die and no true scientist believes in immortality.

Aging cells rarely appear in young, healthy people, but after 60, they begin to accumulate in increasing numbers, meaning that the disease of old age appears. .