Who is the oldest person in the world?

Chen Jun, a native of Yongtai County, Fujian Province, my country, was born in 881 AD and died in 1324 AD. He lived 443 years old and was the longest-lived Chinese in historical records.

At that time, Chen Jun went to Yongtai to practice medicine. He saw that Tangquan Village (now known as Tangcheng Village, Wutong Township, Yongtai County) had beautiful mountains and green waters, and was full of hot springs. It had good mountains and good waters, so he stayed. Chen Jun is an upright man who is willing to do good things for the village and is respected by the villagers. In his later years, he was unable to support himself, and "there were no surviving descendants, so the villagers took turns supporting him." Later, as the old man grew older, his body gradually shrank, and his body became smaller and smaller, "shaped like a child." When Chen Jun lived to be more than 400 years old, his entire weight was less than ten pounds (five kilograms). It was very inconvenient for him to move around, so the villagers made an extra-large vegetable basket out of hemp bamboo to contain the old man, and his caregivers took turns carrying him in and out of the house. Therefore, the villagers called him the "Vegetable Basket Man". The people of Tangquan Village were very surprised to see old man Chen Jun live so long. They all regarded him as a worldly treasure to support him, and even treated him as a god possessed. Usually, the villagers even work in the fields. They are afraid that the old man will be lonely, so they like to take the old man to the edge of the field, chat with him while working, and feed him human milk when he is hungry. The relationship between them is very close.

After Chen Jun's death, the villagers placed his skeletal statue in Tangquan Temple as a commemoration, and called him "Little Pengzu" (legend has it that Pengzu lived for more than 800 years). Chen Jun's life story was engraved on a wooden plaque, which was preserved from the Yuan Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty. The name and legend of "Cai Lan Gong" are still widely circulated in Yongtai County. Of course, the fact that Chen Jun lived to the age of 443 is only recorded in the county annals. As for the scientific validity, it is not known now.

Extended content:

Longevity means long life. People can advance infinitely, and people are very plastic and transformable.

How long does a person have to live to live a long life? According to ancient records, a person's natural lifespan (day) should be more than a hundred years old. Zhang Jiebin of the Ming Dynasty noted in "Lei Jing·Volume 1·Health Preservation Lei 1": "A person who is a hundred years old is the approximate number of days." As the saying goes, "a hundred years later" refers to death.

In our traditional culture, some interesting longevity names are rarely known. Xishou: seventy-seven years old, so called because the cursive script of "xi" is similar to "seventy-seven" written vertically. Mi Shou: Eighty-eight years old, so called because the word "rice" when taken apart happens to be the number "eighty-eight". Baishou: Ninety-nine years old, so called because the word "白" is the word for "hundred" and the word "一" is missing. Tea longevity: 108 years old, because the cursive prefix of the character tea is double "ten", which when added together is "twenty", the "person" in the middle is separated to be "eight"; the "wood" at the bottom is "ten" Adding to "eight" is "eighteen". The middle and bottom parts are connected together to form "eighty-eight", plus the prefix "twenty", one *** is "one hundred and eight", so it is called.

The classic Chinese medicine work "Suwen·Ancient Innocence Theory" says: "I have heard that people in ancient times lived a hundred years old in the Spring and Autumn Period, but their movements never faded

Works by the calligrapher Mr. Wang Jing "Longevity"

"Longevity" written by the calligrapher Wang Jing

... Therefore, those who can live a hundred years without losing their ability will have good moral integrity." "Lingshu Tiannian" says: "Huang Emperor said: People live to be a hundred years old and die. Why?... At a hundred years old, all the internal organs are weak, the spirit and energy are gone, and the body lives alone and dies."

< p> "Shang Shu·Hong Fan" chapter says: "Five blessings: one is longevity." Han Kong Anguo's "Biography" ("Notes") says: "One hundred and twenty years." Tang Kong Yingda and others' "Justice" ("Shu") ") says: "The lifespan of a human being is limited to a hundred years. There are people whose longevity is said to be 'one hundred and twenty years', so the "Biography" uses the longest one, which may not necessarily have a text." Also, the ancients used the term "one hundred and twenty years" to describe the length of life. They are divided into upper, middle and lower grades, but the specific age is different.

"Zuo Zhuan: The Thirty-Two Years of Duke Xi" says: "How do you know? In the middle of your life, the wood of your tomb is arched." "Justice" by Kong Yingda and others of the Tang Dynasty said: "You can live a hundred and two years. At the age of ten, the middle life span is a hundred years, and the lower life span is eighty years. ""The Sutra of Health Preservation" says: "The Yellow Emperor said: The upper life span is a hundred and twenty years, the middle life span is a hundred years, and the lower life span is eighty years." "Zhuangzi: Robber Zhi" says: "Human Shang. The life span is one hundred years, the middle life span is eighty years, and the lower life span is sixty years. ""Taiping Jing·Jie Chengdu Jue" says: "Mortal people have three lifespans, corresponding to the three qi, the upper life span is one hundred and two years. Ten, the middle life is eighty, the lower life is sixty. "

"The Tenth Annals of Lu's Spring and Autumn Period" says: "The life span of a person is not more than a hundred, and the middle life is not more than sixty."

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It seems that the lower limit of 60 years old as the age of longevity is too low, and most people may not agree with it. Although people over 100 years old do exist, they are rare. 80 years old is the minimum age for longevity, which is generally recognized and accepted.

There are many Chinese paintings that wish longevity, good luck and health, including Qi Baishi's "Longevity Picture", Wu Changshuo's "Pine and Crane", Zhu Xuanxian's "Longevity" and "Longevity Peach", Lou Shibai's "Longevity Picture", etc.