Li Ching-Yuen

Li Ching-Yuen

Li Ching-Yuen or Li Ching-Yun ( Chinese  李清雲  /  李清云 , Pinyin Lǐ Qīngyún ; † May 6, 1933 ) was a Chinese herbalist who allegedly lived 256 years . He claimed he was born in 1736, and controversial sources even claim he was born in 1677. Both assumed lifespans - both 197 and 256 years - by far exceed the longest confirmed lifespan of 122 years and 164 days of the French Jeanne Calment . His real date of birth has never been determined, but realistically it is in the 19th century. He was reported to be a martial artist, herbalist, and tactical advisor.

Legend

Wu Chung-chieh claims that Li Ching-Yuen was born in 1677 in Qijiang County, Sichuan Province . According to a 1930 New York Times article , Wu Chung-chieh, a Chengdu University professor, found documents from the Chinese government dated 1827 congratulating Li Ching-Yuen on his 150th birthday, and other documents marking his 200th birthday Congratulations on birthday 1877. In 1928, a New York Times reporter wrote that many old men in Li's neighborhood claim that their grandfathers knew him when they were children, and that he was a grown man at the time.

One of his students, the Taijiquan master Da Liu, told a story about Master Li: When he was 130 years old, he met an elderly hermit in the mountains who is said to have been over 500 years old, who told him in Baguazhang and in taught a type of Qigong , as well as breathing exercises, movement training in combination with special noises and nutritional and diet recommendations. Since Liu reports that his master said his longevity was due to his doing the exercises regularly, correctly, and with awe every day for 120 years. When he returned home he died a year later; some say of a natural death, others claim that he told friends: “I have done all I have to do in this world. I will now go home. ”(→“ I have done everything I have to do in this world. I will go home now. ”) After Li died, General Yang Sen determined the truth about his alleged background and his age and wrote a report that was later published.

He worked as a herbalist, sold Shiny Reishi (Lingzhi mushrooms), Goji berries, wild ginseng , many-flowered knotweed (he shou wu) and Gotu Kola held together with other Chinese herbs and a strict diet with these herbs and rice wine. Li reportedly had over 200 children and survived 23 wives.

Reports on Master Li

The article "Tortoise-Pigeon-Dog" (German: "Schildkröte-Taube-Hund") from May 15, 1933 in Time Magazine reports on his story and contains Li Ching-Yuen's answer to the secret of a long life:

• Calm mind
• Sit like a turtle
• Walk briskly like a dove
• Sleep like a dog

Yang Jwing-Ming writes in his book Muscle / Tendon Changing and Marrow / Brain Washing Qigong that Li Ching-Yuen was a Chinese herbalist who knew about Qigong and spent most of his life in the mountains. In 1927 Army General Yang Sen (揚森) invited him to his residence in Wann Hsien in Szechuan, where the photo contained in this article was taken.

General Yang Sen wrote a report on him: A factual report on the happy 250-year-old man (一个 250 岁 长寿 老人 的 真实 记载) describing Li Ching-Yuen's appearance: “He can see well and walks quickly; Li is seven feet tall, has very long fingernails and a red complexion. "

Stuart Alve Olson's book Qigong Teachings of a Taoist Immortal: The Eight Essential Exercises of Master Li Ching-Yuen from 2002 teaches the exercises of Ba Duan Jin , which he learned from Taijiquan master TT Liang (Liang Tung Tsai), who she learned from General Yang Sen.

According to legend, Li Ching-Yuen was the developer of the Jiulong Baguazhang (or Nine Dragons Baguazhang ) fighting style .

Tao master Liu Pai Lin (劉 百齡), who lived in São Paulo , Brazil from 1907 to 2000, had another photograph by master Li Ching-Yuen in his classroom that was unknown in the West. His face and long, curled fingernails are clearly visible in this photo. Master Liu met him personally in China and considered him one of his teachers. He said that Master Li replied that the fundamental Tao practice is to learn to keep the "emptiness" ( Wuji ). Master Liu's son, Master Liu Chih Ming, teaches the 12 exercises of Qigong in CEMETRAC as they were narrated by Master Li.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/new/20130927/265349/
3. ↑ ^{a b} Tortoise-Pigeon-Dog . In: Time , May 15, 2012. 
4. ↑ Martin K. Ettington: Immortality: A History and How to Guide: Or How to Live to 150 Years and Beyond . Martin Ettington, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4404-6493-5 , p. 43.
5. ^ Da Liu: Taoist Health Exercise Book . Putnam, 1983.
6. ↑ Yang Sen: A Factual Account of the 250 Year-Old Good-Luck Man . Chinese and Foreign Literature Storehouse, Taipei, TW .
7. ↑ Michael Castleman, Sheldon Saul Hendler: The healing herbs: the ultimate guide to the curative power of nature's medicines . Rodale Press, 1991, ISBN 978-0-87857-934-1 , p. 206.
8. ↑ Timothy Harris: Living to 100 and Beyond . ACTEX Publications, 2009, ISBN 978-1-56698-699-1 , p. 70.
9. ↑ Miami Herald : Living forever . In: The Evening Independent , October 12, 1929. 
10. ↑ Yang Jwing-Ming: Muscle / Tendon Changing and Marrow / Brain Washing Chi Kung: The Secret of Youth (PDF), YMAA Publication Center, 1989, ISBN 0-940871-06-8 . Archived from the original on July 18, 2011 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed December 1, 2014). 
11. ↑ Yang Sen: A Factual Account of the 250 Year-Old Good-Luck Man . Chinese and Foreign Literature Storehouse, Taipei, TW .
12. ↑ Stuart Alve Olson: Qigong Teachings of a Taoist Immortal: The Eight Essential Exercises of Master Li Ching-Yuen . Healing Arts Press, 2002, ISBN 0-89281-945-6 .
13. ↑ Liu Pai Lin, Yoshitsugu Hayashi, Kenichi Shioda: Taoist Chi Kung Secret Transmission . た ま 出版, 1995, ISBN 4-88481-426-6 .

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Li is the family name here, Ching-Yuen is the first name.