The Golden Age of Chinese Alchemy

Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Houxi cultivated immortal alchemy for 30 years and ignored political affairs. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

After the Ge Hong era, the story of the elixir continued to attract many emperors, so Emperor Daowu of Wei set up an immortal workshop in Beijing to refine medicine, Emperor Taiwu Tuoba Tao summoned Wei Wenxiu to ask Fang Shi about the golden pill and ordered people to visit the immortals in the mountains, and Xu Jian made alchemy for Emperor Xiaowen to realize the "method of prolonging life" and so on. The picture on the right shows the stove contained in the Danfang Instructions.

From the end of the Later Jin Dynasty to the late Tang Dynasty, Chinese alchemy entered a golden age. Famous alchemists, pharmacists and pharmacists have made great contributions, he once made alchemy for Emperor Xiao Yan of Liang, and passed on the book "Thirty-six Water Methods" in the "Daozang", which is very helpful for the study of inorganic reactions in chemistry using water as a medium. At the same time, the alchemist Chu Ze compiled Su Yuanming's book "The Story of the Stone Wall of Taiqing", which recorded the ingredients and refining methods of various pills, such as Jiuding

Danfa, Su also explained the incognito used by chemists at that time in the "Jin Ying Dan Fang".

Many emperors died of poisoning due to taking pills, such as Emperor Jin Ai, Tang Xianzong, Tang Muzong, etc., so many experts have put forward warnings that Fangshu pills cannot be trusted. For example, Jin Yingdan contains mercury and arsenic, containing toxins, but the Chinese still insist on alchemy, because not all pills are poisonous, some people also take gold erysipelas as a warning, and use other methods to pursue immortality, and the Chinese's concept of "fighting poison with poison" is valid in modern medicine.

In the 8th century, alchemy appeared in the capital of Arabia in Bahdad, which the Arabs called al-kimiya (al is the article, kimiya may have been changed from the ancient pronunciation of the Chinese word "golden liquid", kimiya), which not only included alchemy and medicine, but also pursued a panacea called al-iksir, hoping to use it to make people live longer and use it to point gold. **Originally, there was no talk of physical immortality, and there would be no recipe for making elixirs, and their alchemy was obviously related to China from the perspective of ideological basis and specific content. However, Arab alchemy absorbed relevant knowledge from China and Europe, and developed both theoretically and practically. Around the 12th century, Arab alchemy spread to Europe with the influence of Islam. Al-Kimiya evolved into alchimia or alchemia. European alchemy not only accepted the relevant ideas and knowledge of the East from Arabia, but also further added the philosophical ideas of ancient Greece and the knowledge of primitive chemical processes such as making fake gold and silver, so it took on a new look. However, in terms of content, it is still similar, in addition to alchemy and medicine, it also pursues panacea such as "elixir" or "philosopher's stone", just like the Chinese "divine elixir" and the Arab "al-yixir". After hundreds of years of dissemination and development, due to the development of social production, alchemy became the basis for the emergence and development of modern chemistry in Europe, so that from the above-mentioned alchemia and alchimia evolved the German word chemie and the French word chimie, as well as the English word chemistry. In China, it is customary to call Arab and European alchemy alchemy, but in fact, the content of these two types of alchemy is roughly similar to that of China, and it is not limited to alchemy. ---introduction

"Hum, hum......"

Red Fur rubbed the Black Reef lightly on the side, grinning as if it were very kind. "Big brother, this is red hair." Wind laughed.

"Blood-eyed mane mad lion."

Black Reef recognized it at a glance, looked at the red-haired blood-red eyes, and was shocked, turned to look at the wind, and said: "This is a newborn young beast, it is very rare, if it is fed well, it can become a powerful helper, and it is an extremely warlike magical beast." ”

"How could it follow you, its mother......"

"Could it be that there is a crystal nucleus of a blood-eyed mane mad lion?"

Black Reef was secretly shocked, looking at the wind, his heart was shocked, the Blood-Eyed Mane Wild Lion was not an ordinary Warcraft, it was a Warcraft that could release powerful exercises, extremely belligerent, and the Blood-Eyed Mane Mane Lion who could cultivate to the sixth order had experienced no less than a million battles.

The blood-eyed mane lion cub is very rare, and whoever the young beast sees at first sight will be close to him and treat him as its mother.

This is also the reason why Red Fur was born and ran to the wind to lick the blood on his shoes.

Feng smiled, which was a tacit acquiescence, but seeing Black Reef's surprised expression, he still asked, "Is it rare for the young beast of the blood-eyed mane mad lion to come by?" ”

"It's very rare."

Black Reef gently stroked the short mane on Red Hair's body, Red Hair squinted his eyes comfortably, looking extremely enjoyable, Black Reef smiled and said: "It is very difficult to domesticate young beasts, you have to be mentally prepared." ”

Trainers are very rare in this time and space, and generally only some giant sects will have special trainers, and the demonic beasts they domesticate can not only be used as mounts, but also fight.

Some of the young beasts grew up, and their combat effectiveness was very terrifying.

However, combat-type young beasts are very difficult to domesticate, and in this time and space, tamers are generally domesticated mounts that travel thousands of miles a day, and there are very few combat-type young beasts to domestilate.

Of course, the wind didn't know any of this at all, and he was also soft-hearted and agreed to the blood-eyed mane mad lion for a while, but who knew that it actually triggered multiple pet system tasks, so he had no choice but to accept it.

Now I heard Black Reef say that the combat-type young beasts are very difficult to domesticate, and I regret it for a while.

As if he understood the conversation between them, Red Fur walked up to the wind with his head down, looking up at the wind with a pitiful expression, as if to say, "Don't leave me ......"

"Don't worry, I won't leave you." Feng smiled sinisterly, and said in his heart: "It's up to you to try the pill." ”

Looking at the sinister smile of the wind, the red hair retreated slightly, shivering all over, looking at the wind pitifully.

It made the wind and Blackreef laugh.

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Time is like flowing water, and the days pass quietly.

It's been a year since I unknowingly entered the hinterland of the Yingyanquan Mountain Range.

This year's experience has made the wind much stronger, from the original grandmaster to the current third-order primary, this speed can make the entire time and space tremble, and make countless peerless geniuses feel ashamed.

Black Reef envied the wind from time to time, feeling that he didn't need to cultivate at all to break through, there was no bottleneck at all, he had been hunting demonic beasts, and then breaking through, which was completely a demonic existence.

The person who can break through by hunting demonic beasts has never been seen in this time and space, except for the wind. Of course, we're talking about the temporary, plane-like of the present.

At the mouth of the cave, Black Reef looked into the distance, stared for a long time, and said, "I'm leaving, you have to take care of yourself." ”

"Well, I will." Wind stood aside and nodded.

The Black Reef is leaving, and the Ying Yanquan Mountain Range is no less than ten thousand miles away from the Liuyun Sect, and even if it enters the Black Reef of the Void Ninth Order, it will take several months to reach it.

Just in time for the spring mountain gate to open and recruit disciples.

The two were silent for a while, and then Black Reef took a serious look at the wind, smiled, and jumped off......

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After leaving the Black Reef, Feng realized that Shan Liankong, Xiyue, Mist and Amethyst had already left quietly......

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