Especially in ancient times, some emperors dreamed of immortality and took elixirs, the most famous of which was Qin Shihuang, and even sent Xu Fu to the people to find talents who were good at alchemy, hoping to cultivate elixirs for themselves and make them immortal, but in the end it was impossible. Not only Qin Shihuang, but also many emperors in history were addicted to taking Dan medicine and even took many cruel measures. For example, in a female burial tomb in Jiangxi, experts found 900 pills of "Dan medicine" in this tomb. The test results made the experts angry, and they flew into a rage. What happened? Today, Bian Xiao will show us some cruel history in ancient times.
In the 1960s, a place in the suburb of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province was accidentally discovered by a farmer, and then he called the police. Archaeologists got the news and rushed to the scene, conducted a survey on the scene, and found that there was indeed an ancient tomb on the scene, so they started the excavation work. According to textual research experts, this should be an ancient tomb in Wei and Jin Dynasties. According to the records in the epitaph, this tomb should be the family tomb of Wang Bin, the prime minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In Wang Bin's tomb, there is also a female remains. At first, experts thought this was his wife, which should be a husband and wife buried tomb, but after research, people found that this was his daughter Wang. In ancient times, most of them were buried together by husband and wife. This kind of father-daughter burial is still relatively rare. Why is this happening?
By rights, his daughter should be buried with her husband. Why did she appear in her father's grave? Experts are also puzzled by this. With the appearance of some funerary objects in the tomb, experts learned the reason through research. This continuous excavation, experts also found 900 pills in the tombs, and these so-called pills should be an elixir that Wang Bin took in pursuit of immortality at that time. Experts have also tested these pills, and the test results are indeed as expected by experts. These pills were very popular in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, also known as Wushi Powder, which was also recorded in the history books. It is said that after taking these pills, the spirit will be very exciting and the whole body will be full of inexhaustible strength. If you take it on time, your body will get better and better and achieve the effect of prolonging life. So at that time, this pill was sought after by many princes and nobles. After all, who doesn't want to live longer? But this is a superstitious statement after all.
After expert inspection, this is not a so-called fairy medicine, and it can even be called a poison that harms people. It contains a lot of gold, and it doesn't hurt to take it occasionally. If you eat too much, it will be harmful to your health. This Dan medicine will have a certain influence on people's nervous system. After taking it, you will feel full of strength. In addition, these pills will also affect people's reproductive system, and even lead to infertility if taken too much. So many Wushi powders have been unearthed in this tomb group, which shows that most people in the whole Wang family have the habit of using this elixir, including Wang. You know, in ancient times, people attached great importance to carrying on the family line. A woman's main duty is to have children. If she doesn't have this ability, it will be easy to get married. Even if she did, she would get a divorce. Even if she is beautiful and has a good family, she can't get married.
Therefore, experts speculate that the reason why Wang was buried in front of his father's grave may be that he could not get married because he could not have children, so he stayed with his father and was later buried in front of his father's grave. From this incident, we can see the poison of ancient feudal superstition to people. They only know that they blindly pursue immortality, but they don't know how much harm they have caused to their health after eating this Dan medicine, so that the so-called immortality or immortality eventually becomes a joke. Perhaps the temptation of immortality is too great, so even if I know it is impossible, I want to try, but the result is that I have paid the price of my life. Nowadays, many people are also pursuing longevity, but the way is still relatively scientific. They can achieve this goal through diet maintenance or exercise, and prolong their life through scientific methods, so there will be no such farce in ancient times. After all, we already know clearly that there can be no eternal life in the world. What do you think of this?
References: Tao Te Ching and Historical Records.