It seems ridiculous now, but for more than 1,000 years up to the Tang and Sung dynasties, everyone from the emperor down to the ordinary peasant was engrossed in the search.
當然，這在現代人聽來，真會笑掉大牙，但信不信由你，從南北朝到唐宋，近千年的歷史中，上至帝王、下至民間百姓，都投入這場狂熱的「不死」追求中。