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Li Ching-Yun, a resident of Kaihsien, in the Province of Szechwan, who contended that he was one of the world’s oldest men and said he was born in 1736.

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Li Ching-Yuen, The Amazing 250 Year-Old Man from China !!

Li Ching-Yun, a resident of Kaihsien, in the Province of Szechwan, who contended that he was one of the world’s oldest men and said he was born in 1736 – which would make him 197 years old. He claimed to be born in 1736, while disputed records suggest 1677. Some claimed lifespans of 197 and 256 years far exceed the longest confirmed lifespan of 122 years and 164 days of the French woman Jeanne Calment.

He died on May 6, 1933 in Kai Xian, Sichuan, Republic of China and was survived by his 24th wife, a woman of 60 years. Li supposedly produced over 200 descendants during his life span, surviving 23 wives.Though other sources credit him with 180 descendants, over 11 generations, living at the time of his death and 14 marriages.

A Chinese dispatch from Chungking telling of Mr. Li’s death said he attributed his longevity to peace of mind and that it was his belief every one could live at least a century by attaining inward calm.

Compared with estimates of Li Ching-yun’s age in previous reports from China the above dispatch is conservative. In 1930 it was said Professor Wu Chung-chien, dean of the department of Education in Minkuo University, had found records showing Li was born in 1677 and that Imperial Chinese Government congratulated him on his 150th and 200th birthdays.

A correspondent of The New York Times wrote in 1928 that many of the oldest men in Li’s neighborhood asserted their grandfathers knew him as boys and that he was then a grown man.

According to the generally accepted tales told in his province. Li was able to read and write as a child, and by his tenth birthday had traveled in Kansu, Shansi, Tibet, Annam, Siam and Manchuria gathering herbs. For the first hundred years he continued at this occupation. Then he switched to selling herbs gathered by others.

Wu Pei-fu, the warlord, took Li into his house to learn the secret of living to 250. Another pupil said Li told him to “keep a quiet heart, sit like a tortoise, walk sprightly like a pigeon and sleep like a dog.”

According to one version of Li’s married life he had buried away twenty-three wives and was living with his twenty-fourth, a woman of ’60.’ Another account, which in 1928 credited him with 180 living descendents, comprising eleven generations, recorded only fourteen marriages. This second authority said his eyesight was good; also, that the finger nails of his right hand were very long, and “long” for a Chinese might mean longer than any finger nails ever dreamed of in the United States.

One statement of The Times correspondent which probably caused skeptical readers to believe Li was born more recently than 1677, was that “many who have seen him recently declare that his facial appearance is no different from that of persons two centuries his junior.”

Ayupp Analysis – 

Can it be true that someone stays alive for 256 years. If we believe times then we should believe this news. It is mentioned clearly that he was a Chinese Herbalist and also a martial artist. He knew secrets of longevity. As per report, he was born in 1677  and have lived for 256 years.

The record for longest living human being is in the name of Jaenne Calment. She was French and lived for 122 years and 164 days.

There are also some other sources, who claim that Ching was born in 1736 and lived for 197 years. Still making him longest living human being. Matter of truth is that there is no official document which can prove that he lived so long. So many places this has been termed as myth. Even the Guinness book of world records have not recognized this due to absence of records.

New sources –

https://simplecapacity.com/2016/05/256-years-old-breaks-silence-death-reveals-secrets-world/

http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,745510,00.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Ching-Yuen

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