Li Ching-Yuen

Li Ching-Yuen (died 6 May, 1933) was a Chinese herbalist and martial artist known for his supposed extreme longevity. Yuen consumed a variety of herbs, such as lingzhi, goji berry, wild ginseng. he shou wu and gotu kola which he claimed helped him reach extreme longevity. He made a diet off of these herbs along with Rice wine. By age thirteen, he had embarked upon a life of gathering herbs in the mountains with three elders, when seventy-eight, he retired from his military career. Yuen died of natural causes in Kai County, China in 1933.

Quotes

• Keep a quiet heart, sit like a tortoise, walk sprightly like a pigeon and sleep like a dog.
  • Li Ching-Yuen, secret to Longevity.

• I've done everything I was supposed to do in this world, I'm going home now.
  • Li Ching-Yuen, (1933) ^{[citation needed]}

• We can hold back neither the coming of the flowers nor the downward rush of the stream; sooner or later, everything comes to its fruition.
  • Li Ching-Yuen ^{[citation needed]}