By Calvin Harris

中國(guó)第一位皇帝秦始皇生前一直尋求長(zhǎng)生不老的秘方。根據(jù)中國(guó)考古學(xué)家的最新發(fā)現(xiàn)，秦始皇執(zhí)政時(shí)廣為下達(dá)“求仙問(wèn)藥”的全國(guó)政令。一批近年出土的千年簡(jiǎn)牘證實(shí)了秦始皇當(dāng)年如何急欲尋求不死秘方。

China’s first emperor launched an obsessive search for the elixir of life before dying aged 49 in 210 BC,new archaeological research has revealed.

Qin Shi Huang,who created the world-famous terracotta army,ordered a nationwide hunt for the mythical potion.

The quest is mentioned in 2000-year-old texts written on thousands of wooden slats—used in China before paper.

They were found in 2002 at the bottom of a well in central Hunan province.

The writings contain an executive order issued by the emperor,and assorted awkward replies from regional governments who had failed to find the key to eternal life.

One locality,Langya,apparently believed that“an herb collected from an auspicious local mountain”could fit the bill.

Qin Shi Huang's terracotta warriors were further evidence of how seriously he took mortality.The 8,000 soldiers depicted his armies，including horses and chariots.

When he died,they were arranged in his huge mausoleum to protect the emperor in the afterlife.

最近的考古研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，中國(guó)第一位皇帝(死于公元210年，享年49歲)窮其一生都在尋找長(zhǎng)生不死藥。

創(chuàng)造了兵馬俑的秦始皇，曾下令在全國(guó)范圍內(nèi)搜尋只屬于神話傳說(shuō)中的靈丹妙藥。

對(duì)長(zhǎng)生不老藥的探尋在2000年前紙張發(fā)明之前的幾千卷木簡(jiǎn)中均有記載。

在2002年，人們?cè)谥袊?guó)中部省份湖南省的一口井底下發(fā)現(xiàn)了這些帶有記載的簡(jiǎn)牘。

簡(jiǎn)牘上記載了皇帝的誥令，以及地方官員因找尋永生之法無(wú)果而小心翼翼回稟的奏書(shū)。

而秦始皇卻相信瑯琊“有仙山，可尋不死之草，以其入藥，可保長(zhǎng)生不死”。

秦始皇的兵馬俑進(jìn)一步證明了他對(duì)生死看得有多重。他的（俑）軍隊(duì)有8000士兵，還有戰(zhàn)馬戰(zhàn)車。

秦始皇入土后，兵馬俑隨葬，以期能夠在死后的世界繼續(xù)為皇帝效忠。