Turning words into gold
By Mei Jia | China Daily | Updated: 2016-07-20 07:49
Author uses popular themes of alchemy and longevity to explore a historic culture clash, Mei Jia reports.
It's said that modern chemistry was partly founded by alchemists.
In China, there was similar "dark tradition" along history's path, but the Chinese alchemists were Taoist priests who produced medicines they claimed would make people live longer.
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