China 300px|Xu Fu's first expedition to the Mount of the immortals. By Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Many rulers of ancient China sought the fabled elixir to achieve eternal life. In the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang sent Taoist alchemist Xu Fu  with 500 young men and 500 young women to the eastern seas to find the elixir , but he never came back (legend has itthat he found Japan instead). When Qin Shi Huang visited, he brought 3000 young girls and boys, but none of them ever returned . [ 
China 300px|Xu Fu's first expedition to the Mount of the immortals. By Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Many rulers of ancient China sought the fabled elixir to achieve eternal life. During the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang sent Taoist alchemist Xu Fu to the eastern seas with 500 young men and 500 young women to find the elixir in the legendary Penglai Mountain, but returned without finding it. He embarked on a second voyage with 3000 young girls and boys, but none of them ever returned (legend has it that he found Japan instead).Liu, Hong. The Chinese Overseas: Routledge Library of Modern China. Published by Taylor Francis,[2006 (2006). , 9780415338592.
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