gurguliare:

I’m trying to get early han emperors straight and I think tolkien could really have benefited from studying more imp chinese history because it offers such rich examples of generational back-and-forth, as far as coveting eternal life goes. “Also, after a short foray into magic in 61 BC, Emperor Xuan realized the follies of seeking immortality, and abandoned the would-be costly venture (unlike, for example, his great-grandfather Emperor Wu).” GREAT JOB EMPEROR XUAN, YOU DID OK and probably only drank like one liter of lead