They say that about 2,200 years ago when the Qin Emperor, the first man to unify China and establish his own dynasty, was nearing 40 years of age, he felt that age was beginning to affect his health and he worried that this would weaken his hold on power. He therefore sent Xu Fu, a court alchemist, across the seas in search of an elixir of immortality.
話說兩千多年前，第一個統一中國，建立王朝的秦始皇年近四十，因感老病迫身，擔心霸業難竟，遂派方士徐福到海外求取長生不老仙丹。