KHAN'S QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY
By 1222 Ghengis Khan conquored an empire four times as large as Alexander the Great
and twice as large as the Roman Empire. This was the year he summoned a great Toaist philospher
to his yurt. For many days they talked, the Chinese sage began to wonder why the great Khan had
summoned him. Finally, Ghengis got to the point. After speaking of his conquests and the prophecies
he had fulfilled, he asked the sage about the fabled Elixer of Immortality. The Chinese philosopher
could only offer the conventional Toaist advice - that to live a long life one must abstain from sex. History reveals
that Ghengis Khan did not follow this advice. It is estimated that one in every two hundred people
in the world can trace their ancestry back to Khan.
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