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? .