Did Zhang Sanfeng really live to be over 200 years old?

Zhang Sanfeng [1], a famous Taoist priest of the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the year of birth and death is unknown, and the legend has it that the birth time spanned the three dynasties of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Mengyuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty (Mingtong, also known as Quanyi, the word Junshi (also known as "Junbao"), the name Xuanxuanzi, after research, the word Chong Southern Song Dynasty Chunyou seven years (Zhang Sanfeng 1247) was born in Heping Ancient Town, Shaowu City, Fujian Province (so far there is a family tree as evidence, CCTV-4 traveled all over China in 2009 and also made relevant reports - it should be one of the new strong evidence found in recent years); It is also recorded that Yuan Dingzong was born in Wangping County, Yizhou, Liaodong (now Jiangtun Town, Heishan County) in the third year of Yuan Dingzong (1248), and there is also the former residence of Zhang Zhenren on the shore of Lotus Lake. The period of its activity ranged from the reign of Yuan Yanyou (1314 1320) to the fifteenth year of Yongle of the Ming Dynasty (1417). The year of death should be in the second year of Tianshun in the Ming Dynasty, that is, in 1458 AD, and his life expectancy was 212 years old.

From the analysis of many data, it is indeed confirmed that Zhang Sanfeng's birth and death examination is indeed 212 years old. It is also very rare, and it is rare in history to have a super longevity, so it is impressive. First of all, we pay attention to his activity time is that he is only 67 years old, a Taoist priest wants to make people pay attention, it is impossible not to be in his 60s, do you think the ancients would believe that a hairy young man said that he was immortal?

As for the fact that he was already famous after 1417, it is unlikely that he would die in 1458, so the age of 212 is credible, and it is probably an error of 1-20 years.

It's just a legend, he even had an ominous year of birth and death, and the possibility of a legend is extremely high It is impossible for a person to live to be 200 years old, and it is also written according to that legend.

I don't know how long Zhang Sanfeng has lived, but if I write ** in the future, I will let you be the main protagonist, and you will definitely live longer than him...

Regarding Zhang Sanfeng's age, there are currently three theories among the people. According to Li Shirong, the author of "Ancient and Modern Taijiquan Spectrum and Origin Interpretation", Zhang Sanfeng died in 1458 at the age of 212. The "History of the Ming Dynasty: The One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Fang Trick" records that Zhang Sanfeng died in 1464 at the age of 218.

"Young Zhang Sanfeng" starring Zhang Weijian said that Zhang Sanfeng lived to be 149 years old.

In practice, in 1384 A.D., Zhang Sanfeng was still alive at the age of 137, otherwise in 1416 A.D., Ming Chengzu Yongle was crowned 169-year-old Zhang Sanfeng as a real person in Wudang, how to interpret it? There is also the third year of Tomorrow Shun (1459), and Zhang Sanfeng was enshrined as a real person through microscopic manifestation. Zhu Qizhen's "Yugang Zhang Sanfeng Bronze Tablet" is based on the edict, because the edict was written for the living, interpreting that Zhang Sanfeng was still in the world at that time.

Therefore, the claims of 212 and 218 years old are a little more reliable.

Of course, there are also some records of Zhang Sanfeng, the most recent of which was during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty. But this is just a legend, there is no actual evidence. Many people firmly believe that Zhang Sanfeng has been living in the world because he has transcended life and death.

Major impacts

Zhang Sanfeng equated the benevolence advocated by Confucianism with the lead and mercury of Taoist alchemy, saying that "the lead and mercury of the immortal family is the seed of benevolence and righteousness". In his place, the five elements of the Yin and Yang family, the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, the five virtues of Confucianism, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith, and the liver, lungs, heart, spleen, and kidney of the five meridians of the human body correspond one-to-one.

He said in the "Five Virtues": "Benevolence belongs to the wood, and the liver is also; Righteousness belongs to gold, and lungs are also; Rites belong to fire, and the heart is also; Wisdom belongs to water, and the kidneys are also; Faith belongs to the earth, and the spleen is also. ”

There are five virtues in the heart, five classics in the body, and five elements in heaven and earth, all of which are indispensable. The unrighteous will have no expediency, their lungs will be extinguished, and gold will be dull; The impudent will have no light, and the true heart will be extinguished, and the fire will be extinguished; He who is not wise will have no clear mind, his kidneys are dead, and the water is dried; Those who have no faith will have no affection, their spleen will be destroyed, and the earth will fall apart.

Therefore, it is said that "virtue encompasses the body, the body encompasses the heart, the body is used by the heart, the heart is deming, the body is the heart, the heart is the body, the five virtues are the five classics, the virtue is lost, the virtue becomes the body, the body becomes the scriptures, and then you can counsel the five elements of heaven and earth." He has made great contributions to the practice of martial arts and the cultivation of nature for future generations.

The above content reference: Encyclopedia - Zhang Sanfeng.

The date of Zhang Sanfeng's death is unknown, so it is impossible to tell how old he was.

Zhang Sanfeng, also known as "Zhang Junbao", "Zhang Tong", "Junbao", "Xuanhua", etc., is a thinker and martial artist of the Taoist martial arts. There are many of his representative works, such as: "Rootless Tree", "Meditation Song", "Xuanyao Chapter", "Mystery Straight Talk", etc., among them, "Rootless Tree" is Zhang Sanfeng's most Jackie work.

1. Zhang Sanfeng's age: 217 years old. Zhang Sanfeng, Zhang's surname, Mingtong, the word Junbao, and the number Sanfeng.

The first buried in the world is a native of Longhu Mountain, Jiangxi, so he claims to be a descendant of the Heavenly Master. Grandfather Yuxian Gong, learned fine star arithmetic. At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, knowing that the king of the world would start from the north, he took his family members and migrated to Yizhou, Liaoyang.

Dao number Sanfeng, the late Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the Taoist of Wudang Mountain, the ancestor of the Wudang faction, the national hero, the ancestor of Neijiaquan, the ancestor of Taijiquan, the ancestor of Wuxue Taishan Beidou, and the ancestor of Longxing calligraphy.

2. Zhang Sanfeng is the founder of the Wudang School, and he is also the ancestor of the Taoist Inner Bend Changdan and the Taoist boxing ancestor, and he is the master of Dan Taoist cultivation, advocating "self-seeking for blessing and self-creation for life".