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Why are Han Wendi and Han Jingdi so short-lived?
Wendi was born in 203 BC, died in 157 BC, and lived for 46 years. Emperor Han Jingdi was born in 188 BC, died in 14 1 year BC, and lived for 47 years. From the perspective of modern people, Emperor Wenjing died young. That's because the average life expectancy of people today is over 70 years. Do you know the average life expectancy of ancient people in different dynasties?

Xia Shang 18 years old, Zhou Qin is about 20 years old, Han Dynasty is 22 years old, Tang Dynasty is 27 years old, Song Dynasty is 30 years old, Qing Dynasty is 33 years old, and the Republic of China is about 35 years old. (Life and Death Field, No.5, 1996, by Lin Wanxiao, average life expectancy and life expectancy of people in China)

Isn't it a surprise after reading it? The average life expectancy of Han people was only 22 years old. Judging from the average life span, Emperor Wenjing can be described as "longevity".

In fact, we can't blame the ancients for their short life span. After all, the medical conditions in those days were not as developed as they are now. There is also an illusion that the rich, especially the royal family, should enjoy the best medical conditions and living standards, and the natural life expectancy is relatively longest, but this is not the case.

Take the children of Emperor Qianlong in the popular story of Yan Xi Palace as an example. He had 65,438+07 sons and 65,438+00 daughters in his life, of which 7 sons died before the age of 65,438+00 and 5 daughters. Among the remaining children, only six sons and two daughters lived longer than the average life expectancy of 33 years. This shows that the life span of the ancients is really not as long as you think. As for the children of ordinary people, there may be more deaths.

Therefore, the 467-year-old life span of Emperor Wenjing really can't be described as short-lived, and it can be called normal or long-lived.

Jing II initiated the rule of Wenjing, which was the first rule in the history of China's feudal dynasty.

Wendi (203 BC-65438 BC+057 BC) died at the age of 46. Wendi himself has a big sore on his back. When the wound worsened, he could only lie in bed. Visible Wendi's body is not very good. Wendi is a very picky emperor, but his Deng usually sucks the affected area for him. Therefore, Wendi also loved Deng Tong very much, gave him the bronze mountain in Deng Tong, and allowed him to cast copper coins privately. After Wendi's death, Deng Tong was demoted to Shu Ren by Han Jing and starved to death in the streets. Because Deng Tong hit Jingdi in the face, Wendi asked Jingdi to suck the affected area for him. Jingdi felt sick and refused. If Jingdi agrees, twenty-four filial piety may become twenty-five filial piety.

Emperor Han Jingdi (BC 188-BC 14 1 year) died at the age of 48. There is no record in Historical Records of what disease Jingdi suffered from.

Historical records: in October of the past three years, the sun, the moon and the red five days. December is dark. The sun is purple. The five-star retrograde defense is too small. The moon crosses the sky. In the first month, Jia Yin was made the Crown Prince. Jiazi, Emperor Xiaojing collapsed. Prince acceded to the throne, is for the emperor xiaowu.

I don't think Emperor Wenjing died young. The medical level in ancient times was originally underdeveloped. In the Han dynasty, the dispute between witch doctors still existed. Emperor Wenjing himself was a very successful emperor. He is entangled in political affairs, in poor health, and it is normal that he will not live long. Didn't Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng live for 5 1 year? Including Liu Xun, the Han emperor Xuan Di, who later advocated filial piety and revival and lived to be 42 years old.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was also popular that "people will not die if they are over 50". Emperor Wenjing lived for more than forty years, far exceeding the average life span of all emperors in the Han Dynasty. Therefore, although the life span of Emperor Wenjing is not high, it is OK.

Some busybodies counted the life expectancy of emperors in past dynasties, with an average of 40 years old. The life span of Emperor Han Jingdi was normal, and the medical conditions at that time were the main reasons. Most of the emperors in the Western Han Dynasty were normal. Different from the Eastern Han Dynasty, most of the first four emperors died before reaching adulthood.