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Seeking immortality in history
Emperor wudi's dream of seeking immortality ended in failure, and the Han dynasty suffered greatly? The curse of witchcraft? Serious consequences. At that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very superstitious, believing that there really was the theory of immortals in the world, and the officials' palace around him strongly praised the theory of cultivating immortals, which led to Emperor Wu becoming more and more obsessed with cultivating immortals, but his repeated pursuit failed, and he was later used as a handle by ministers to take the opportunity to trigger it? The curse of witchcraft? .

Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was the seventh emperor of the Western Han Dynasty. He believed in the theory of cultivating immortals. Gong Sunqing, a minister around Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, once advised Emperor Wu that there really is a magical thing in this world, which can make people live forever through cultivation. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, as an emperor who was very superstitious about becoming immortal, was very yearning for this. He often sent people around to find ways to cultivate immortality, and he always ordered people to practice panacea at ordinary times.

Once, the palace said that he saw the footprints of the gods, and these footprints were left on the wall outside the palace. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty hurried to observe and found that there really was a string of footprints. Gong also said that he had found traces of immortals in Penglai Mountain. When he went to see them, the immortals disappeared, leaving only a string of huge footprints. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent people to look for the footprints of immortals, and the result naturally ended in failure.

Emperor Wu's superstition of ghosts and gods also directly led to the disaster of witchcraft. Before he died, a minister who was about to be executed said that he had buried a villain to poison the emperor. After hearing this, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very afraid, and this word spread quickly, and the whole palace was in a panic. Many concubines also invited wizards to the palace to exorcise evil spirits. Finally, Emperor Wu was furious and killed all the related concubines, wizards and officials. Later, people called this historical event? The curse of witchcraft? .