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Li Ching-Yuen
Li Ching-Yuen or Li Ching-Yun was a Chinese herbalist, martial artist and tactical advisor, known for his supposed extreme longevity.
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science · Chinese herbalist (died 1933) · herbalist · physician · also Li Ching-Yuen, Li Ching-Yun, Ching-Yuen
Born 26 February 1577 · Died 6 May 1933 · Q304690
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1933· 1 entry
Died 1933-05-06.
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1928· 2 entries
A New York Times correspondent wrote that many of the old men in Li's neighborhood asserted that their grandfathers knew him when they were boys, and that he at that time was a grown man
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Dean Wu Chung-Chien of the Department of Education at Min Kuo University discovered the imperial documents showing these birthday wishes to Ching-Yuen
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1927· 1 entry
General Yang Sen invited Ching-Yuen to Wanxian, where the first known photographs of him were taken
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1926· 1 entry
Wu Peifu invited Ching-Yuen to Beijing
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1920· 1 entry
General Xiong Yanghe interviewed Ching-Yuen (both men were from the village of Chenjiachang of Wan County in Sichuan province), publishing an article about it in the Nanjing University paper that same year
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1908· 1 entry
Ching-Yuen and his disciple Yang Hexuan published a book, The Secrets of Li Qingyun's Immortality
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1840· 1 entry
Which would make him 93 at the time of his death
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1807· 1 entry
A hermit over 500 years old, who taught him Baguazhang and a set of Qigong with breathing instructions, movements training coordinated with specific sounds, and dietary recommendations
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1577· 1 entry
Born 1577-02-26.
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