Antidotes of Life

We are all doomed to die right from the start. However, antidotes of air, food and water shall sustain us for decades before we breathe our last. Emperors who had sought for elixirs aimed to break the limitations of these antidotes, but they usually died faster due to excessive mercury poisoning instead of natural causes. Therefore, "Do nothing, yet nothing is left undone". Why seek fame and glory, when we should let nature take its course?

“无为以无不为”

“古今多少事，都付笑谈中”