Imperial Chinese government records from 1827 were discovered by a professor of the Chengdu University, Wu Chung-chieh.
Those records were congratulations to Li Ching-Yuen for his 150th birthday and also there were documents that were congratulating the same man for this 200th birthday.
In the neighborhood where Li Ching-Yuen grew up many old men actuallyknew him when they were boys.
Li was herbalist and he began his herbalist career at very young age.
He wanted to go for a walk in the mountain and there he had many different herbs to choose from.
On a diet of only herbs he survived for almost 40 years.
Those herbs included goji berry, wild ginseng, he shoo wu, gotu kola, rice wine and lingzhi.
He became teacher of martial arts at the age of 71 in the Chinese armies. It is believed that he has been married 23 times during his life and that he was a father to over 200 children.
From the time when Li was a little boy many people did not know how toread or write but that was not the same for Li.
He knew to read and write on a very young age and he traveled in Kansu, Shansi, Tibet, Annam, Siam and Manchuria on very young age in order to find new herbs.
After a hundred of years gathering herbs he decided to start selling herbs gathered by others such as gotu kola, he shouwu, wild ginseng, goji berry, lingzhi and many other Chinese herbs.
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