Zhang Sanfeng is a famous longevity man in history. What secrets does his longevity hide?

Good martial arts

First of all, he is good at martial arts. The martial arts practiced by Zhang Sanfeng were extracted from the "Nine Yang Manual" - Wudang Nine Yang Kung Fu and Pure Yang Wuji Kung Fu. These are all Taoist magic arts. The basic Taoist practice method emphasizes the dual cultivation of life and life, so Taoist martial arts are better at maintaining health. The Taoist masters described by Jin Yong are usually very long-lived - Li Qiu Shui, the youngest among the three Xiaoyao elders, also lived for more than eighty years, Zhou Botong, who practiced Taoist Xuan Gong, was still living younger and younger in his nineties, Tianshan Tong Grandma’s Bahuang Liuhe Self-respecting Kung Fu (the newly revised version is the Everlasting Eternal Spring Kung Fu) can even rejuvenate one’s youth. Therefore, Zhang Sanfeng's longevity is also related to his martial arts practice.

Secondly, his good martial arts is also the foundation for him and Wudang. The era that Zhang Sanfeng lived in was the time of communication between the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and it was a veritable era of great contention. His good martial arts skills allowed him to survive in troubled times.

Zhang Sanfeng’s identity was quite embarrassing in that era. First of all, the rule of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties divided the people of the country into four classes, similar to the caste system in India, with the Han people at the lowest level. Zhang Sanfeng himself was born a Han Chinese, so he was destined to be an important target of suppression by the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties. During the Yuan Dynasty, dozens of families of Han descendants often used a kitchen knife. One can imagine how strongly the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty suppressed Han people from practicing martial arts.

Secondly, Zhang Sanfeng’s identity as an abandoned Shaolin disciple also brought him a lot of trouble wherever he traveled. From the description in the second chapter of "Eternal Dragon Sword", we can know that the Shaolin Temple's rules are that if anyone teaches martial arts without permission, the martial arts will be abolished at worst, and will be killed at worst. Zhang Sanfeng's identity destined him to face the dual oppression of the Mongolian court and the thousand-year-old Shaolin sect. If he didn't have extraordinary martial arts, he would have died countless times, let alone live to be a hundred years old.

Good health

The main reason why Zhang Sanfeng can live so long is because he is in good health and has no disease or disaster. This is very important. If you are good at martial arts, you may not be able to live long, for example, like Wang Chongyang. In "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", he won the first place in the world through the first Huashan sword debate. Unfortunately, Wang Chongyang died of illness shortly after the first Huashan sword debate. According to the original work of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Wang Chongyang was seriously ill, so he died young.

There is also such a fragment in "The Legend of Heaven and the Dragon Slayer". I wonder if you still remember it. Hu Qingniu deliberately pretended to be infected with smallpox in order to avoid Granny Jinhua. But Zhang Wuji and others had no doubts. This also shows that martial arts masters at that time were likely to contract infectious diseases such as smallpox. And once you contract a disease, no matter how good your martial arts is, it will be difficult to get rid of the disease.

Good mentality

Zhang Sanfeng and Wang Chongyang are similar in that they both have a favorite woman. Zhang Sanfeng fell in love with Guo Xiang, while Wang Chongyang and Lin Chaoying had a tumultuous relationship. However, Wang Chongyang and Lin Chaoying were never able to resolve their knots, which led to Lin Chaoying's premature death. In addition to the disease, Wang Chongyang's death was also related to the heartache caused by Lin Chaoying's death. But Guo Xiang had a lifelong love for Yang Guo, and later saw through the world of mortals and became a monk. Although Zhang Sanfeng was also sad, and later gave up his life as a monk, he did not take this matter too seriously. This also shows that Zhang Sanfeng's xinxing cultivation is higher than Wang Lin's, or that his mentality adjustment is better than them.

Furthermore, Zhang Sanfeng has a good attitude, which can be seen through the scene of destroying liver and intestines at the 100th birthday party. At that time, Zhang Cuishan committed suicide and Zhang Wuji's life and death were uncertain. You can put yourself in the shoes of a centenarian. At his 100th birthday party, he just witnessed his apprentice whom he regarded as his own son being forced to commit suicide. If he had been an ordinary old man, his mentality might have collapsed on the spot. , in more serious cases, it is possible to die on the spot due to agitated mentality. But Zhang Sanfeng was still extremely calm and could quickly detect Zhang Wuji who was captured by the enemy. Zhang Sanfeng endured his grief, quickly adjusted his mentality, and captured the first-class master He Biweng who was a hostage. This further proves that his xinxing cultivation level is far incomparable to that of ordinary people.