I don't know how many people have a question after watching the movie: Where did this fable come from?
According to Zuo Gong's Twenty Years, "Qi Hou (Qi Jinggong) went, Yan Zi waited on the platform, and Zi was still frightened ... drinking. Qi Huangong said,' What's the fun of being ancient and not dying?' Yan Zi said to him,' If there was no death in ancient times, there would be happiness in ancient times. "How can you get it?" Born as a prince, enjoying the ultimate wealth in the world also gave birth to greater greed: why can't I live and enjoy it forever?
In other words, our ancestors had the idea of pursuing immortality at least in BC. In order to prove that they are not whimsical, they decided to provide strong evidence for their brain holes. Who says daydreaming is immortal? There really are such people in the world!
Shan Hai Jing, a gourmet travel book expected to be written in the Warring States period, has such a description: "(The undead) are black and live forever." Rain Lee Kou, a soul-brain writer, may think that such a fairy figure does not conform to the public aesthetic, so he decided to set up a higher one himself: "Taiwan Province's view is all gold, animals are pure, the trees in Pearl Pavilion are all overgrown with weeds, China people and real people are all tasteful, and food is neither old nor dead. The people who live in it are all immortals, and there are countless people coming and going day and night. " Not only birds can fly, but also immortals can fly, live high and grow well, and can do almost anything. Most importantly, the fruit people eat has the effect of immortality.
But when people wake up from their dreams, they find that no one around them can live forever. Moreover, limited by the living standards and medical conditions at that time, even princes and nobles did not live long. Fear of disease and death is human instinct, so people are more eager to live forever. After weaving one dream after another for themselves, they believe that there really are immortals and immortal Immortal Technique in this world.
For example, Qin Shihuang, who has a high exposure rate today, is a diamond member of the "Seeking Immortals" Emperor Association. However, looking at the tomb of the first emperor near Xi 'an, Shaanxi Province, and at Xu Fu, who is gone forever with boys and girls in the history books, we can say responsibly that this great emperor should be a fiasco.
However, it is obvious that future generations have not learned much from the experience and lessons of the former people. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, alchemist Shao Jun said, "Primers in the shrine furnace are raw, and cinnabar can be refined into gold. Gold becomes a food container, which leads to immortality, but Penglai immortals can be seen in the sea. If you saw it, you wouldn't die. Huangdi also. I have tasted the sea and saw An Qisheng and An Qisheng eating giant dates the size of melons. "
We can think like this: Why didn't Qin Shihuang find a fairy? Because he didn't find the right way. You must first make an alchemy to prolong your life before you can see Penglai fairyland on the sea. There are immortals on it who can meditate for you, and then you can live forever.
Well-founded and well-thought-out, he grasped the urgent psychology of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that he needed elixir of life, and scared Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to be more convinced.
Unfortunately, this man died young. So Li Shaoweng (these guys and Xu Fu are both from Qi) became a baton bearer and was favored by Emperor Wu. Tell the emperor a fairy story, exorcise ghosts and worship gods, refine heavy metal elixir, promote to a higher position and make a fortune, and even marry Wei princess royal, which is simply a winner in life.
With such a high return, charlatans who are bold and cautious and rich in theoretical knowledge flock to us, racking their brains to weave the legend of immortality, boasting that they have seen a certain fairy and know where there is an elixir, so as to defraud the rulers of their financial status. And the rulers also choose to believe such tricks and ask people for money because of their possessiveness of power and status. It can be said that the legend of immortality is catalyzed by people's endless desires.
It's actually embarrassing that things have come to this. The emperor can't go out to find the immortal himself, and the alchemist won't let the emperor find it himself, but they can't exchange all their money and hands for the immortal for the emperor. What should we do? Li found a way out for himself at that time. When talking about the miracle of An Qisheng, he said: "An Qisheng has lived in Penglai, and he meets people whenever he meets them. If they don't agree, they will hide. " Whether you can find it or not depends on fate.
But this perfunctory words can't be effective this time. What should we do? Just as our students don't study hard at school now, and their parents will frantically enroll him or her in various efficient crash courses before the exam, alchemists at that time also woven a "convenient way to become immortal"-elixir of life. In this way, alchemists don't have to bite the bullet and go to the sea to find immortals. It doesn't matter whether the emperor can see the gods or not. It's perfect.
However, is the elixir really a scam without loopholes? Not exactly. Li Shaoweng, the winner of life we just mentioned, gave a clue during the derailment: "I don't know anything strange in this cow's stomach." Killing books, books are strange. The son of heaven recognized his handwriting and asked him if it was a fake book, so he killed General Wencheng and hid it. "If you marry a princess, is the son-in-law of the emperor? Once a lie is exposed, what awaits him is a mortal ending.
Moreover, in the hearts of these ancient supreme rulers, do they really believe in immortality?