Qianjin yaofang
The book Qianjin yaofang ( Chinese千金 要 方; "Priceless valuable recipes"), which is also known under the name Beiji qianjin yaofang (备 急 千金 要 方), was written by the important Daoist , doctor, alchemist and author Sun Simiao孙思邈 ( 581–682) from the time of the Tang dynasty , who wrote several works on medicine , dietetics and alchemy . It is the oldest Chinese monograph on Chinese nutrition and is dated to around 652. The book comprises a total of 30 booklets (juan).
content
It deals with general principles of medical theory, medicines, gynecology and obstetrics, pediatrics, acupuncture , healthy nutrition and lifestyle (or dietetics and eubiotics ). Many older, tried and tested home recipes and folk recipes were included in it.
It is an invaluable resource on the history of traditional Chinese medicine and dietetics of the Tang Period and before. It is also of great importance for the history of Chinese food and drink culture.
Example: Dietetics chapter (juan 26)
Chapter No. 26 is devoted to dietetics (shízhì 食 治) and is divided into five subgroups:
- Introduction (xùlùn 序 论)
- Fruits (guǒshí 果实)
- Vegetables (càishū 菜蔬)
- Cereals (gǔmǐ 谷米)
- Birds and four-legged friends (niǎoshòu 鸟兽), appendix: insects, fish and reptiles (chóngyú fù 虫鱼 附)
The introduction mainly discusses dietary theories, the other four sections thoroughly analyze the properties and taste of over 100 animal and vegetable ingredients and their use in dietetics; it provides important material for researching the theory and practice of ancient dietetics .
expenditure
The book is contained in the Daoist Canon , also in the Siku quanshu book collection of the Qianlong era. In 1955 the Beijing publishing house Renmin Weisheng Chubanshe published a photographic reproduction of an edition from the time of the song. Under the title Qianjin shizhi (千金 食 治) the section shizhi ( inter alia) is contained in the Zhongguo pengren guji congkan , Beijing: Zhongguo shangye chubanshe , 1985.
Footnotes
- ↑ The so-called “thousand pieces of gold” (qiānjīn 千金) of the original book title go back to a saying by the author: “人命 至 重 ， 有 贵 千金” (quoted from Cihai ), which can be freely translated as “Human life has a high It's worth it, it doesn't weigh in gold. "
- ↑ cf. Han-De yixue da cidian
Supplement
By the same author comes a supplement entitled Qianjin yifang千金 翼 方 (Additional Priceless Valuable Recipes), of which a photographic reproduction of a print from 1307 of the Yuan Dynasty was also published in 1955 by Renmin weisheng chubanshe .
literature
- Cihai ("Sea of Words"); ISBN 7532608395
- Han-De yixue da cidian (Chinese-German Dictionary of Medicine) ; ISBN 7117022086
- Livia Kohn (ed.): Daoism Handbook , Leiden 2000
- Julian F. Pas, Historical Dictionary of Daoism , Lanham, Md. & London 1998
- Zhongguo pengren cidian , p. 660
- Wang Baizun (ed.): Zhongguo shijing , Shanghai 1999, ISBN 7805119279
- Zhongguo pengren wenxian tiyao , No. 14