Chinese history is also full of those who preached the value of not eating, and one mythical figure is said to have lived 300 years after he took up the habit.
「中國古代的『闢穀』可能就是禁食」，東吳大學客座副教授、也是自然療法學會顧問郗磊峰指出，史記留侯世家說：「乃學闢穀，道引輕身。」而宋書亦載武當派鼻祖太極拳創始人張三豐「或一日數食，或數月不食」，傳說活了三百歲。