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In ancient and modern China and abroad, people's pursuit of immortality has never weakened. From the emperor and minister to the beggar, they are constantly pursuing immortality.

In history, there are countless examples of emperors pursuing immortality, which led to the defeat of the country, or the violent turmoil in the country, so why are these emperors so madly pursuing immortality?

The answer is simple, that is, as long as you become an emperor, you can enjoy everything that can be enjoyed in the world, and of course I hope to continue to enjoy it.The emperor can enjoy all treasures and wealth.You can't eat all the delicacies of mountains and seas, and you can't wear brocades and satins.

The emperor can recruit beautiful women from all over the world and bring them all into the harem. Thousands of beauties are all owned by one person.The emperor holds the power of life and death, the power of rewards belongs to him, and the power of demotion and killing also belongs to him.There is no supervision, no restriction (you can only hope for the emperor's self-restraint).How majestic and proud it is to issue orders, call the wind and call the rain, and ask for what you want!Such a day, even the gods are hard to compare!No wonder the emperor wanted to live a long life.

Who would be the emperor instead, wouldn't it be strange if he didn't think so? !
Among these emperors, the most famous person is Qin Shihuang.

One day in July 210 BC, the sun was setting like blood, and crows were flying around.A line of chariots and horses galloped on the ancient road leading to Xianyang.

One of the cars has a very special shape, with a single shaft and two wheels, one horizontal and two chokes, and four horses driving it.Wearing a long robe and a small crown on his head, the ruler kneels in front of the carriage, with a serious expression, and keeps whipping the horses in front of him.These four horses have thin waists and broad arms.Muscles bulge, head raised and ears raised.Run wildly driven by the emperor's haste.

Although the car is luxuriously decorated, the galloping horse and the nervous look of the driver.It's all kind of weird.Especially under the warm evening wind, the dizzying stench constantly overflowed from the carriage, making people wonder what was in the carriage.

Indeed, what is loaded in the carriage is not a living person, but the corpse of Qin Shihuang, the first emperor through the ages.

Qin Shihuang was born in Handan, the capital of Zhao State, in the first month of 259 BC, and succeeded as King Qin at the age of 13.With extraordinary courage, he annihilated the six countries of Han, Zhao, Wei, Chu, Yan, and Qi, ended the situation in which the princes ruled the roost since the Spring and Autumn Period, and unified China.And called himself "Emperor".

After the unification, Qin Shihuang implemented the authoritarian centralization system in the central government, implemented the prefecture and county system in the local area, unified the characters, currency, and balance, built the Great Wall, and established a unified centralized feudal country.

It was such a talented and generous feudal emperor, but he was intoxicated in the activities of searching for immortals, and he wanted to become an immortal immortal.

In 219 BC, Qin Shihuang toured the East.This is his second tour.

After arriving in Langya.Xu Fu, a native of Qi, wrote a letter to Qin Shihuang, saying that there are three fairy mountains in the sea, Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingshan. There are immortals on the mountains, and you can get the medicine of immortality from them.Qin Shihuang was very happy to hear that.According to Xu Fu's request, he sent thousands of boys and girls into the sea to seek the elixir of longevity.

Qin Shihuang waited anxiously for Xu Fu to return after seeking the medicine of immortality, and a long time passed.Xu Fu came back.He deceived Qin Shihuang and said: "I saw the god in the sea, and he said to me: 'Are you an envoy sent by the Western Emperor?' I said: 'Yes.' He asked me: 'What do you want this time?" ’ I said: ‘I’m here this time. I’m here to get the medicine of immortality.’ He said: ‘Your emperor’s gift is too meager.

I followed the gods to Mount Penglai.Seeing the palace of Zhicheng, there was an envoy who looked like a dragon, and his skin was like bronze, shining brightly in the sky.I asked the god what gift he should give, and he said: "Send three thousand virgins, boys and girls with a large amount of food, seeds, craftsmen and technicians, and you can get the medicine of immortality." "

Qin Shihuang was very happy after hearing this, and immediately decided to send [-] boys and girls, with a large amount of grain, seeds, and hundreds of craftsmen and technicians.

Qin Shihuang waited hopefully for Xu Fu to return from asking for medicine, but after waiting for three months, Xu Fu was still nowhere to be seen, so he had to return to the capital.

But Qin Shihuang's desire to seek immortality is not dead.In 215 BC, he traveled east again.

After arriving at Jieshi, Lu Sheng, an alchemist from the state of Yan, boasted in front of Qin Shihuang about seeking immortality and learning Taoism.

Qin Shihuang was eager to seek immortality, so he sent Lu Sheng to find the legendary immortals Xianmen and Gaoyan, and then ordered Han Zhong, Hou Gong, and Shi Sheng to find the medicine of immortality.

Qin Shihuang was desperate to get Lu Sheng's reward.

He fabricated many illusory stories, and then took out a fairy book.When Qin Shihuang saw the words "Hu Ye, who died in Qin Dynasty", he believed it to be true, so he ordered Meng Tian to lead an army of 30 to attack the Xiongnu in the north.Of course, the real reason for Qin Shihuang's conquest of the Huns was not the case.

In 212 BC, Lu Sheng made up another beautiful story to deceive Qin Shihuang.

He said: "Looking for Ganoderma lucidum, strange medicine and gods, but often can't find them. The reason is that there are harmful things in nature. According to the magic of gods and gods, the emperor, as the master of the people, has to walk quietly to avoid evil spirits, and the real person will come. If If people know the residence of the emperor, it will be harmful to the real person.

The so-called real people are immortals, human fire does not burn, human water does not get wet, and they can ride the clouds and ride the fog for as long as the sky and the earth.Now that the emperor governs the world, he cannot live peacefully.The minister asked the emperor not to let anyone know where he lived, so that he could find the elixir of immortality. "

Lu Sheng's words were absolutely absurd, and his purpose was to excuse himself for not being able to find the elixir, but Qin Shihuang believed it, and said excitedly: "I admire real people very much. From now on, I will call myself 'real people'. Called 'I'."

In order to make his residence known to no one as Lu Sheng said, Qin Shihuang ordered to build complex roads and corridors among the 200 palaces that had been built within a range of 270 miles near Xianyang, and ordered each palace to set up curtains and place The bell and drum live in the concubine Qiang.He moved around in many palaces, so as not to be seen by others.If anyone tells where he lives, he is to be killed immediately.

When Qin Shihuang went to Liangshan Palace, he was very unhappy to see the prime minister's chariots and horses from the mountain.

Later, someone told the prime minister about this situation, and the prime minister automatically reduced the number of riders.After Qin Shihuang knew about it.It was determined that the servants in the palace had leaked his words, and an interrogation was held.But no one confessed.In a fit of rage, he executed all those around him at that time.

so.No one knows Qin Shihuang's whereabouts any more, only the sound of rumbling cars can be heard every day, and his residence has really become as mysterious as a fairy.

Since Qin Shihuang was a full-time jailer and took punishment as a prestige, Hou Sheng and Lu Sheng discussed with each other, thinking that it was not worthwhile to find the medicine of immortality for such a person, so they ran away together.

When Qin Shihuang heard about it, he was very angry and said: "The year before last, I burned the world's useless books and recruited many scholars of literature and alchemy. I want to rely on them to govern the country, find immortal medicines, and seek peace in the world. Now look for Han Zhong of the elixir never came back, Xu Fu and others spent a lot of money, but they never got the elixir, and only said innocuous words.

Lu Sheng I treated him kindly, but now he is slandering me, adding to my reputation of being unrighteous.I sent people to investigate the students in Luoyang, and I learned that some people specialize in making rumors to confuse the people. "

Qin Shihuang then sent people to interrogate the students.These people can't stand the pain of flesh and blood.Excuse yourself by exposing each other.

In a fit of rage, Qin Shihuang personally delineated more than 460 of these Confucian scholars and buried them alive for "crimes of evil words" and "crimes of slander".This is the famous pit of Confucianism in history.

Soon Hou Sheng came back.After Qin Shihuang heard about it, he sent someone to arrest Hou Sheng.Ready to tear him apart.Unexpectedly, Hou Sheng said some loyal words: "Da Yu set up a slander tree to understand his fault through this method. Now your majesty is arrogant and extravagant, causing the people to lose their roots. But your majesty doesn't know it, and instead Pursue those who are dissatisfied. They think they are slandering the imperial court. In this case, they have no choice but to leave. I risked my life to come back today. I think that your majesty's licentiousness has surpassed that of Jie and Zhou, and I am worried that your majesty is in danger of subjugation. "

Qin Shihuang was silent for a long time before asking: "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

Hou Sheng replied leisurely: "At that time, your majesty was self-willed. He thought that his achievements surpassed the three emperors and five emperors. He was worried that it would be useless to say it. Instead, he would find death, so he fled. Now I come back to state my honest words for your majesty. Even if you can't keep your majesty from perishing, you must Let His Majesty know the reason for the country's subjugation."

Qin Shihuang asked: "Can I survive through reform?"

Hou Sheng said: "The situation has developed to this stage, and your majesty has no choice but to sit and wait for death. If your majesty wants to survive through reforms, you can regard living a simple life as a kind of happiness like Yao and Shun, and treat slander Are your people regarded as loyal ministers? If you don’t fundamentally change like this, there is no hope at all.”

Hou Sheng came back this time, perhaps because Qin Shihuang was under strict arrest and had nowhere to hide, but his words were so to the point, so loud that Qin Shihuang sighed, and instead of punishing him, he was released.

Hou Sheng's direct remonstrance did not actually have any effect.In October 210 BC, Qin Shihuang, whose desire to seek immortality had not been extinguished, made his last tour.

When he arrived in Langya, he remembered that he had sent Xu Fu to the sea to search for the three mountains of Penglai, Fangzhang and Yingzhou, in search of the medicine of immortality.Time flies like an arrow, and now nine years have passed, and the elixir is still not found, so Qin Shihuang sent someone to ask Xu Fu.

Xu Fu received a large amount of fees every year under the guise of asking for the fairy medicine. Fearing that the deception would be exposed, he deceived Qin Shihuang, saying: "Penglai fairy medicine can be found, but it is often difficult for ships to reach the fairy mountain because of the big sharks. I hope the emperor will send bows and arrows." Let's go together and shoot the big mackerel to death."

Qin Shihuang once had a dream, dreaming that he was fighting the sea god in human form.

The dreamer said: "The water god can't see it because the giant scorpion dragon is doing something wrong. Such evil gods should be eliminated, and good gods like immortals will come."

Since Qin Shihuang's dream coincided with Xu Fu's nonsense, coupled with his eagerness to seek immortality, he ordered to prepare the tools for fishing in the sea of ​​​​people, and prepared to shoot the shark with a crossbow himself.

From Langya to Rongcheng, the water was swaying, but no big mackerel was seen.When he arrived at Zhifu (now Shan-Dongyan-Taiwan), he saw a big shark, and Qin Shihuang shot it to death himself.Qin Shihuang thought that he had nothing to worry about, so he sent Xu Fu into the sea to search for the fairy medicine, and when the fairy medicine arrived, he could live a life like a fairy.

Regrettably, Qin Shihuang fell ill when he returned to Pingyuanjin.Qin Shihuang was very terrified that he could not succeed in seeking immortality, but instead fell into this field.He hated people talking about death, and none of the officials dared to ask him about his arrangements after death.

As his condition worsened rapidly, Qin Shihuang knew that he would die soon, so he ordered Zhao Gao, the Minister of Zhongshufu, to give his son Fusu a letter.Tell him to return to Xianyang quickly and wait for the funeral.Zhao Gao kept it secret.Bingyin in July.Qin Shihuang, the first emperor through the ages, died on the sand dune platform.

With Qin Shihuang's shrewdness, he shouldn't have believed in these fairy tales.But after unifying the world.Qin Shihuang not only fantasized that his regime could be passed on for thousands of generations, but also hoped that he could live long and rule the world for a long time.The important thing is that since the Warring States period, a group of alchemists have appeared in the coastal areas of China.

These alchemists claimed that there were three fairy mountains in the sea, and there were immortals who held immortal medicines in their hands on the mountains, and they possessed immortal alchemy, so they had the ability to get these fairy medicines to make people live forever.

This wind of immortal alchemy is blowing more and more intensely.Made many people obsessed.It is not surprising that Qin Shihuang, who was eager for longevity, threw himself into the wave of seeking immortality.

It can be said that the death of Qin II has an inseparable relationship with Qin Shihuang's pursuit of immortality. If Qin Shihuang didn't care about immortality that much, maybe the ending of Qin II's death could have been changed!

In addition to Qin Shihuang, the eternal emperor, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was equally eager for immortality.

Everyone knows that there is no elixir of life in this world. Qin Shihuang, who wanted to live forever, had to pass the throne to Qin Ershi before his death!However, when it came to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he still pursued immortality.And it is worse than Qin Shihuang.

In the second year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's accession to the throne, he personally received a charlatan.The so-called alchemist was named Li Shaojun, who was only 40 years old, but lied that he was 70 years old.And in front of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he boasted a lot, saying how he knew how to worship gods and immortals, and make alchemy and medicine.Let people eat and live forever.

One day, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was in front of all officials.He took out an old bronze ware and asked Li Shaojun, "Can you tell me when this bronze ware came from? Why does it belong to you?"

After Li Shaojun looked at it, he pretended to be surprised and said: "I have seen this bronze ware as early as the tenth year of Duke Heng of Qi in the Warring States Period. It was displayed on the cypress dormitory of the monarch of Qi State."

After hearing this, everyone hurriedly inspected the writing on the bronze vessel, and it was indeed true, exactly the same as what Li Shaojun said.

At this moment, the entire court was shocked, and said in unison, Li Shaojun is really a god, and he may have lived to be hundreds of years old this year.

Therefore, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty not only believed that Li Shaojun could make alchemy and create elixir, and personally awarded him a high official and rich salary, but also believed that Li Shaojun's soul ascended to heaven after Li Shaojun died of illness and became a real god.

After Li Shaojun's death, another man named Li Shaoweng came from the east. He said that he could summon gods and ghosts, and knew the art of elixir and alchemy.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty immediately summoned Li Shaoweng. At that time, a wife of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty passed away. He missed the beauty of this lady very much, so he asked Li Shaoweng how to get him to meet his wife.

Li Shaoweng said: "It's not difficult, I can use alchemy to recruit her around midnight, and you will meet in a dream."

Sure enough, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty saw his wife in a dream that night, and immediately named Li Shaoweng General Wencheng and gave the high-ranking officials a generous salary.

However, after more than a year, Li Shaoweng's alchemy was always ineffective, which disappointed Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

So Li Shaoweng came up with a plan, secretly wrote some words on the silk, let the cow swallow it, pretended not to know it, and after a while, he said in front of everyone that there was a strange thing in the cow's belly, which he used. Alchemy learned.

As a result, the cow was killed. Sure enough, there was a silk script in the belly of the cow with words written on it.However, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty didn't believe it anymore, saying that it was clearly a fake, and the person who wrote it was Li Shaoweng, so he ordered Li Shaoweng to be killed.

Four or five years later, in order to please Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Queen of Jiaodong sent a small official under the King of Jiaodong named Luan Da to Chang'an to present the secret recipe to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Wu of the Han summoned Luan Da.He is even better at bragging: "I have come and gone in this sea area, and I have seen many great gods and immortals. They all have the secret recipe of immortality. If the emperor agrees, I will use the name of the emperor to recruit them with a lot of money and offer them to the emperor. Fang Feng medicine."

At this time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was worrying about the Yellow River bursting and killing the people, so he fully agreed with Luan Da's opinion.

This Luan Da was handsome, tall and mighty, eloquent, and clever in deception. Not only did he get a high-ranking official and a generous salary, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty even married his eldest daughter to him.

Around 100 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty came to the hometown of Qi State on a tour.There are tens of thousands of alchemists and magicians here, but none of them can prove immortality.However, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was still obsessed with his obsession. On the sea, he held ceremonies to sacrifice to the gods, landlords, human masters, yin masters, yang masters, moon masters, sun masters, and the eight gods of the four seasons.

When the boat arrived at Penglai Island.A minister said that he saw a man several feet tall, but when he got closer, the giant disappeared.

Immediately afterwards, someone chimed in.He also saw an old man holding a dog and was about to report it to the emperor.But when he turned around, the old man disappeared.

So everyone, including Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, said in unison: "This is the Penglai fairy."

Since then, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent thousands of envoys to seek immortality, but they all got nothing, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had to die in the end.

In the Tang Dynasty, the emperors' pursuit of immortality was still so fanatical, even Tang Taizong, the eternal emperor in history, was the same.

When mentioning Tang Taizong, many people will equate him with "Ming Jun".indeed.Tang Taizong ascended the throne at the age of 28. He learned the lessons from the end of the Sui Dynasty, worked hard to govern, and recuperated with the people, so that the society gradually stabilized, the country became stronger than ever, and created the famous "Government of Zhenguan" in history.

However, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, had the experience of being obsessed with elixir for immortality in his later years. In order to seek immortality without losing a lot of money, he went abroad to seek elixir.Ironically, Li Shimin also laughed at Qin Shihuang's subjugation because of his pursuit of elixir before. As a result, Li Shimin finally died on this so-called elixir.

So a great man no matter how great he is.When encountering death, there is great fear.So what is the story of Li Shimin's obsession with the elixir for immortality?
In the ninth year of Tang Gaozu Wude (626 A.D.), the Xuanwumen Incident occurred. Li Shimin killed his eldest brother Li Jiancheng and his (fourth) younger brother Li Yuanji, forcing Tang Gaozu Li Yuan to abdicate.Then he ascended the throne at the age of 28.

Tang Taizong reigned for 23 years.He accepted the lesson of the demise of the Sui Dynasty and worked hard to govern.Recreating and living with the people, the society gradually stabilized, the country became stronger than ever, and created the famous "Zhenguan Reign" period in history.

However, after he had been an emperor for more than ten years, he was used to living a life of comfort and pleasure, and gradually tended to become extravagant and corrupt.He restored the luxurious palace built by Emperor Sui Yang in Luoyang.

He once occupied the concubine Yang of Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, and selected the 14-year-old daughter of the late minister Samurai Wok (sound: Huo) as a talented person, and named her "Mei", which is "Wu Mei Niang". .

In his "old age", that is, the last few years of his reign as emperor, he was uncharacteristically superstitious in divination and obsessed with pills.

In the 21st year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin suffered from a stroke and was paralyzed in bed.After being diagnosed and treated by the imperial doctor, the disease recovered slightly after half a year, and he could go to court once every three days.

If he continued to cure and raise him, he might recover gradually, but at this moment, he was obsessed with the golden stone elixir refined by the alchemists, hoping that he would live forever.

He first took the elixir made by domestic alchemists, but it didn't work. He thought that the domestic alchemists' Taoism was shallow, so he sent people to visit foreign experts.

In the 22nd year of Zhenguan, the minister Wang Xuance captured an Indian monk named Naluoer Sapo in a foreign war.

In order to cater to Li Shimin's psychology of begging for immortality, Wang Xuance dedicated him to Li Shimin.

The Indian monk boasted that he was [-] years old and specialized in the art of immortality. He vowed that if he took the elixir he made, he would live forever, and he could even ascend to the heavenly palace in broad daylight to become a fairy.

Li Shimin was really moved by his nonsense, so he arranged for the Indian monk to live in a luxurious post, where every meal was sumptuous food, served by a large group of servants every day, and his life was no less than that of an emperor.

Seeing that Li Shimin believed in him, this guy made a big deal out of a series of weird medicine names. Li Shimin ordered the world to collect all kinds of medicines and stones according to this method, no matter what price and sacrifice, as long as they can be purchased in India. The medicine in the monk's prescription has to be taken even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire.

A year later, when the medicine was prepared, Li Shimin was very happy, and took all the medicine without hesitation, and died of poisoning due to bleeding from seven orifices.At that time, he was only 52 years old, and he was the first emperor in Chinese history to be poisoned to death by the "longevity medicine".He failed to be as cautious as the beginning, and left the world prematurely in such absurd, pathetic, stupid and confused way.

The most ridiculous thing is that after the death of the emperor, the ministers didn't know how to deal with Na Luo Er Suo Po Mei.

If any minister dared to tell him about Qin Shihuang's absurd behavior when Tang Taizong was dying, I think Tang Taizong would be extremely ashamed.

Regrettably.Under the "high pressure" rule of Emperor Taizong in the late Tang Dynasty, absolute power has long been silent.The society is no longer the beginning of Zhenguan, where "follow advice like flow".From this point of view, Tang Taizong became a laughing stock.It is inevitable.

After Li Shimin's death, his descendants probably learned some lessons and dared not take highly poisonous pills for a long time.Until 170 years later, Tang Xianzong Li Chun, who had forgotten the teachings of his ancestors, became the second emperor who was poisoned by taking elixir.

Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, Emperor Wudi of Han Dynasty and Qin Shihuang were all obsessed with immortality. They all went to Penglai Island to seek immortality and medicine, but they all found nothing.

There is a poem from the Tang Dynasty that goes like this: "In the heart period, the fairy tales are boundless, and the painting cloud car is used to build the Shou Palace. I heard that there are three unknown mountains, and the Maoling is full of pines and cypresses."

It means: Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was determined to seek longevity and immortality.But at the same time, he was busy building his own longevity palace, which is the mausoleum.Although I also knew where the three fairy mountains were, I didn't know the whereabouts of the gods. In the end, I died and slept under the mausoleum.

Ask who in the world has no worries, only gods are at ease.Da Luo Immortal lives in Da Luo Tian, ​​immortal and immortal.Wonderland bliss has nothing to worry about.Ordinary people in the world of mortals live in the realm of the earth, obeying life and death, multiplying endlessly, gaining and losing, suffering and joy, and passion.

For immortals, worldly fame, fortune, glory and wealth are all things.In the long river of time, it is only a blink of an eye, and only flying to the Zifu to be among the immortals is the eternal pursuit.But common sense tells us that no human being can escape the fate of ultimate death.but.People are always unwilling to face this dark truth, they prefer to believe in the myth of immortality.

Ordinary people seem to be more inclined to pursue the so-called "fountain of youth".There are people in science and medicine who are constantly exploring.

Scientists are also working on the properties of many compounds to find life-extending ingredients, such as resveratrol (a substance found in grapes), rapamycin (extracted from a bacterium on Easter Island), and The protein made up of the p21 gene.

These proteins inhibit other proteins in cells from forming amyloid plaques, which are linked to Alzheimer's disease and may contribute to cancer.

In 2000 it was reported that Senex Biotech was developing a drug that would achieve some degree of inhibition.The researchers also continued their in-depth analysis of an enzyme called telomerase, which slows down the shrinking process of telomeres.

Telomeres are DNA sequences that progressively shorten during cell division until the cell eventually mutates or dies.

The 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to the discoverer of the working principle of telomeres and telomerase, and recent research findings have also verified the function of telomerase.

In a study published in the journal Nature in November 2010, telomerase was extracted from mice and then implanted, and a miraculous rejuvenation occurred in this process.

Technically speaking, people have been able to increase the level of telomerase in the body through various methods several years ago, but this technology has not been clinically evaluated so far.Meanwhile, two compounds tested in humans have come into use this year.

The compounds, sirt1 and stacs, are two synthetic catalysts that mimic the effect of calorie restriction.Experiments in several species have shown that this effect slows down the metabolism and slows down the aging process.According to David Sinclair, a pathologist at Harvard Medical School in the United States, the species tested include yeast and primates.

However, Jay O'Sh-en-Ski, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Illinois School of Public Health in the United States, believes that overcoming aging problems cannot be achieved through a single approach. Drugs come true.

"Resveratrol, telomerase and the p21 gene are largely superficial. In the past 10 years, no drug has been able to interfere with and relieve human Aging problems." O-Sah-en-Sky insists that the genes of the centenarians have a special function, which is to limit the aging process.

The New England Centenarian Study, the world's largest dedicated study of the elderly, is currently tracking approximately 1600 centenarians and hundreds of their children.

Ol-Sha-en-S-Ki, who was not involved in the study, said, "What makes this study so exciting is that we haven't seen results in many species, and we're looking forward to it." Being able to see that the human body can also slow down the aging phenomenon in mice is a huge theoretical leap. The secret of longevity seems to be on our way.”

Scientists think.Ultimately, the "fountain of youth" may not be achieved through chemical or biological means, but through technological means.Futurist Ray Kurzweil predicted it.Nanotechnology may be one of the means to achieve immortality.

Nanotechnology-based microrobots can penetrate deep into our bodies to repair damaged organs and tissues, thus prolonging the lives of patients.

It has been reported recently.Raymond Kurzweil, a famous scientist and author of the book "The Singularity Is Near", boldly predicted that the dream of human immortality will be realized in the next 20 years.

Kurzweil clearly pointed out that the time it takes for human beings to double their technological level is constantly shortening.

This is an exponential growth curve. When a certain critical point is reached, the rate of increase in the level of science and technology will experience a blowout growth, and we are currently in the vicinity of such a critical point, and we are about to usher in a new era. round of rapid scientific and technological progress

According to foreign media reports, Ray Kurzweil (ray kurzweil) is a world-renowned scientist and the author of the book "The Singularity Near".He said that the world 20 years from now will become completely unfamiliar to us and unimaginable.He believes that one of the most important changes is that scientists will finally realize the dream of "immortality".

In an article published in The Sun, he stated: "I and many other scientists firmly believe that in about 20 years time, we will be able to reprogram our own bodies. So that we can make the body The genetic 'program' of the Inner Stone Age stops working and can even be reversed."

He said: "In this way, nanotechnology will allow us to live forever. Eventually, it is possible that nanorobots will also replace the red blood cells in our bodies and function thousands of times more efficiently."

Co-Z-Wil fans include celebrities like Bill Gates and Bill Co-Linton.

In addition to this assertion, he also made some other very important predictions, such as his belief that humans will eventually be able to replace any organ or part of themselves with artificial organs.He also said we would be able to go on for hours without breathing oxygen.We will also be able to write a book in minutes, all thanks to the development of advanced nanotechnology.In addition, virtuality --- love will also become a reality in the near future.

These predictions of Co-Z-Wei-er sound like a bit of fantasy, and may even make people feel a little absurd.It's hard to accept, but in fact, these predictions are all based on the same fact.That is, the speed of scientific and technological progress is accelerated by geometric multiples.

"Whether it's computer technology, or our understanding of the internal programming of our bodies -- our genes. All of these things are advancing at an incredible pace," he said.

According to his "technological acceleration" theory, in the next 1/4 century.The scientific and technological level of our mankind will also undergo "billions of times" progress.

He said: "In reality, the time required to double the level of technology is constantly shortening. This is an exponential growth curve. When a certain critical point is reached, the rate of increase in the level of technology will appear in a blowout style." Acceleration: It may take 20 years to achieve the level of technology that now only takes 10 years, 5 years, then 2.5 years, 0.75 years, and so on. Co-Z-Wei-er believes that we are currently in such a Near the critical point, a new round of rapid scientific and technological progress is about to usher in an accelerated stage.

Co-Z-Weir believes that we are only just getting a taste of the many possibilities that a tiny bit of artificial intelligence technology can bring, and such technological advances will only get wilder.We are already starting to apply these technologies to some small things, such as how to make airplanes land more safely, and help improve Google-Google-search engine technology.

He said: "These technologies are not all sci-fi. For example, the functions of our mobile phones now were completely dream-level things 20 years ago. I was a student in 1965. There was only one computer in my university. Its value 700 million yuan, and the volume is very large, but now?"

"We can look forward to a new world in which humans may become cyborgs and we will have artificial limbs and organs," he said.
Whether it is the real Qin Shihuang or the Monkey King in the novel, they all desire to live forever, so they have eaten many pills, fairy peaches, human flesh, and done many weird human sacrifices, but they are unable to achieve their wishes.

Even among ordinary folks, the richer ones rely on good deeds to hope to become gods, while the poor commoners pursue religion and soul offenses more.

Of course, there are also some extremely abnormal and evil events like eating human brains.

The pharaohs in ancient Egypt even donated their bodies as mummies. They thought that as long as they kept their bodies alive, their souls would come back one day, and then they could be resurrected. For this reason, in ancient Egypt And, not only the pharaohs, but many people also refined themselves into mummies.

Also, the warriors on the ancient battlefield were often deceived. Their superiors lied to them that they could go to heaven only if they died on the battlefield, otherwise they could only go to hell, so the stupid warriors fought desperately.

It's like the Japanese think that a nun (a nun) eats mermaid meat as a way of immortality.Of course, another part of the Japanese disdain this, they think death is normal, so they cherish life more, good times don’t last long, life must be full of happiness, advise you not to cherish your youth, of course, this is the view of the ancient Tang Dynasty, and it also led to Japanese People are more fond of killing and prostitution -- chaos.

In short, it is indeed a mystery that what they pursue is spiritual immortality and eternal existence.

With the progress and development of human beings, it was not until the Qin Dynasty that longevity was practiced for the first time.

Out of his greed for supreme power and endless glory and wealth, Qin Shihuang longed for longevity.In order to realize his dream of immortality, Qin Shihuang really sent Xu Fu to lead thousands of boys and girls to the East China Sea to seek the elixir of immortality for him.

As a result, the elixir of immortality was not obtained, and Xu Fu and others disappeared without a trace.

Later, a alchemist said that he could refine the elixir of immortality for Qin Shihuang. Qin Shihuang believed it and spent a lot of manpower and resources to ask the alchemist to refine the elixir of immortality for him. As a result, Qin Shihuang was deceived and the alchemist was killed.Qin Shihuang's pursuit of longevity ended in failure.

Under the influence of Qin Shihuang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also made the same mistakes. He sent someone to build a copper dew plate with a height of [-] feet and a circumference of [-] feet. Taking it can realize people's longevity.With the same result, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also ended in failure.

Although Qin Shihuang's action of practicing longevity was not successful, its influence was not small. Because of his action, many legends about the elixir of life have been circulated in the world.Some people say that taking Jindan can lead to longevity; some people say that eating human fruit can lead to longevity;

Because of these legends, there are many emperors in our country: such as Sui Yangdi Yang Guang, Tang Xianzong Li Chun, Tang Muzong Li Heng, and Ming Shizong Zhu Houcong, all because of taking the elixir containing mercury and lead—" "Golden Dan" was poisoned and did not live up to the end of life.

The failure of the emperors in their pursuit of longevity made the world evaluate longevity as—impossible to achieve longevity.

In addition, there is indeed no immortal person in real life. Therefore, people believe more confidently that it is absolutely impossible for human beings to achieve longevity. Longevity is against the law, but with the development of genetic technology, perhaps future human beings can achieve longevity Not old. (To be continued..)
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