<story><title>The Art of Not Dying: the First Emperor’s Pursuit of Immortality</title><url>https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/art-not-dying</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rgovostes</author><text>My small town in Japan was heavily influenced by a scholar who was searching for this elixir for Qin Shihuang. There&amp;#x27;s a park dedicated to the scholar, Jofuku:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.shinguu.jp&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;spots&amp;#x2F;detail&amp;#x2F;A0005&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.shinguu.jp&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;spots&amp;#x2F;detail&amp;#x2F;A0005&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>The Art of Not Dying: the First Emperor’s Pursuit of Immortality</title><url>https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/art-not-dying</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>man-and-laptop</author><text>Being mummified was a clever move. If his brain were preserved long enough, then he may hypothetically have been brought back to life. A bit like cryogenics.</text></comment>