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Liu Jinghuan
Liu Jinghuan
Liu Jinghuan in October 2012, aged 112.
Birth: 17 March 1900
Sichuan, Qing dynasty (China)
Death: 13 January 2014
Puli Township, Nantou County, Taiwan
Age: 113 years, 302 days
Country: ChinaCHNTaiwanTWN
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Liu Jinghuan [Traditional Chinese: 劉鏡寰, also translated as Liu Ching-huan] (17 March 1900 – 13 January 2014) was a Chinese-born Taiwanese supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of her death, she was the oldest living person in Taiwan according to Taiwanese government.

Biography[]

Liu Jinghuan claimed to have been born around Chengdu, in Sichuan, Qing dynasty (China) on 17 March 1900 (12 years before the Republic of China; however, several articles say 1899). Reportedly, there weren't birth certificates in Sichuan at this time.

Liu came in Taiwan in 1949 with her husband and the Kuomintang. Later being widowed, she converted to Buddhism at the Foguang Temple, in Mount Guangyin. Her Dharma name was Shi Daoyong [Traditional Chinese: 釋道永]. She was a vegetarian.

In 1999, Liu moved to the nursing home "Huai'en" in Puli Township. In October 2012, she was reported to have been able to still read without glasses, and to have a sharp memory. In October 2013, although her state had deteriorated, she was said to have remained clear-minded.

Following the death of 113-year-old Lin Zhaozhi on 11 December 2013, Liu became the oldest living person in Taiwan.

Liu Jinghuan died of heart and lung failure in Puli Township, Nantou County, Taiwan on 13 January 2014 at the claimed age of 113 years, 302 days.

Potential Longevity Records[]

If validated, she would have been the tenth-oldest living person in the world. She would also have been the third-oldest known living woman in Asia at the time of her death, after Misao Okawa and an 114-year-old anonymous woman.

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