He lied about his age to date younger women...

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When the Chinese herbalist Li Ching-Yuen died in 1933, newspapers around the world reported the news of his passing. According to his own testimony, he was 197 years old.

An investigation, however, suggested Li had forgotten his actual birthday. Official government records recorded the birth year as 1677, making him 256. Here is a copy of the obituary as printed in the New York Times on May 6, 1933:

Li Ching-Yuen, The Amazing 250 Year-Old Man
  • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
    Women half his age would have had much longer lives than average, older than most great grandmothers.
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Outstanding. Can you imagine seeing 250 years of history pass? My family has many centenarians. I am afraid with the assault on our environment and the poisoning of everything we touch - we may have seen the last centenarian generations.
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    • Profile picture of the author salegurus
      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      Outstanding. Can you imagine seeing 250 years of history pass?
      Often thought about that myself.
      Only down side is that you would out live your family, children and grand children....
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    Ah... probably not. The current DNA mechanism for replication in homo sapiens does not allow for a life much longer than 120 years.

    Originally Posted by MoneyMagnetMagnate View Post

    ... making him 256.
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    • Originally Posted by Joe Mobley View Post

      Ah... probably not. The current DNA mechanism for replication in homo sapiens does not allow for a life much longer than 120 years.

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      Hey, I didn't write the obit...Maybe it's in Chinese Calender years :rolleyes:

      And remember, the Chinese count from birth...so you get an extra year!
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      • Profile picture of the author The 13th Warrior
        Dude fighting the chicks off at that age....,

        ....and still rocking...,

        STUD

        Dude must've died with a grin on his face.

        Knew all the tricks.

        I wanna know what he ate for breakfast.....,

        Freakin beast.


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      • Profile picture of the author Joe Mobley
        Hey, I'm not busting your chops or anything. It is interesting.

        I just take that kind of stuff and know that I'm dealing with an interesting story instead of facts.

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        Originally Posted by MoneyMagnetMagnate View Post

        Hey, I didn't write the obit...Maybe it's in Chinese Calender years :rolleyes:

        And remember, the Chinese count from birth...so you get an extra year!
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  • He did apparently use a lot of 'Herbs'
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    I dunno Joe. While it's an incredible story, I don't see why it would be completely difficult to believe that throughout history a few people may survive double the normal lifespan. Quirk in DNA. Exeptional environment. Secret he took to the grave with him. Who knows. Just think that there may be more than him and because of the dangers attached, such as being detained for study, people would probably keep their identity quiet over the decades.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      The herbs probably kept him young ... I bet he didn't look a day over 230, anyway ...
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      • Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

        The herbs probably kept him young ... I bet he didn't look a day over 230, anyway ...
        And he did have a wife who was only 60...boy, talk about dating someone 1/2 your age! He married someone 1/4 his age!

        “Keep a Quiet Heart, Sit Like a Tortoise, Sleep Like a Dog,” His Advice for a Long Life...

        In other words, "Chill dudes"
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  • Profile picture of the author Rick B
    As many body parts as I've already had problems with at 61 years of age makes me doubt that anyone would care to live anywhere near 200 years until modern medicine gets a whole lot better at keeping people young. Who would want to go on living when you're getting weekly operations or chemo-therapy treatments?

    I do believe though that we're not all that far off from some amazing advances in medicine that will allow people to live for centuries in good health. I'd be willing to bet that will happen within the next 50-200 years ... just too late for me.

    Well, my mom's 82 and still hanging in there so who knows? She has outlived anyone else I can remember in our family history so maybe I'll be around for two or three more decades. I sure would like to see that first person land on Mars!
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  • Profile picture of the author hardraysnight
    if lying about your age is the key to longevity i will live to be 1000, but i will say i am only 500
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  • Profile picture of the author TimothyTorrents
    he probably lived in the countryside or in some mountain somewhere where that was little or no air pollution. I find it hard to believe that he lived 250 years but i'm sure it is possible to live over 100 years if you eat the right food, avoid pollution, and get regular exercise.
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    • Profile picture of the author Joe Mobley
      The human animal can not live to 100 years of age without FOXO3a active. Other factors may contribute to quality and shortening the length of life.

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      Originally Posted by timbonitus View Post

      i'm sure it is possible to live over 100 years if you eat the right food, avoid pollution, and get regular exercise.
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      • Profile picture of the author HeySal
        Originally Posted by Joe Mobley View Post

        The human animal can not live to 100 years of age without FOXO3a active. Other factors may contribute to quality and shortening the length of life.

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        depends on what your beta-catenin is doin' . If that's not working right FOXO3a isn't gonna save your butt.
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  • Profile picture of the author digifydesigns
    I've always loved reading stories like this. I may have to do some further research to see exactly what types of herbs Li Ching-Yuen used. Although I'm a bit doubtful he lived to be 256, you never know...stranger things have happened. Although he did live in a time period where there was less pollution, less chemicals/preservatives in our food, etc.
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  • Profile picture of the author RyanTH
    I think one of my uni professors was around 200 or so.
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