Wulin jiushi

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The Wulin jiushi ( Chinese  武林 舊 事  /  武林 旧 事 , Pinyin Wǔlín jiùshì  - "The world of the old capital Wulin (Hangzhou)") was written by Zhou Mi ( Chinese  周密 ) (1232-1298) from the time of the Southern Song Dynasty. The work consists of 10 books (juan).

It contains records of the author's memories of Lin'an (临安) (that is Wulin (武林) and today's Hangzhou ), the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty before the Mongol invasion. Thematically, the author goes into "All ceremonies at the imperial court, customs and traditions of different areas, market and festival goods, the music academy (jiaofang) and the music office (yuebu)".

Eating and drinking culture

This book preserves quite a few materials on the cuisine of the time, it lists many foods eaten at traditional festivals and the names of several hundred foods and drinks as well as the dishes of the banquet, the Zhang Jun (张俊) (1086–1164) for Emperor Gaozong (高宗) gave. It provides important material for research into food and banquets of the ancient times, making it an important source for the history of Chinese food and drink culture.

Old prints and modern editions

An old print is contained in the book collection Zhubuzuzhai congshu (知 不足 斋 丛书). In the edition of the Dongjing meng Hua lu (东京 梦华 录) published by Gudian wenxue chubanshe from Shanghai, the work is included in the appendix. Its first edition was later corrected.

literature

  • Zhongguo pengren cidian , p. 662
  • Zhongguo pengren wenxian tiyao , No. 48
  • Chuancai pengren shidian , p. 4
  • Etienne Balazs, Yves Hervouet: A Sung Bibliography (Bibliography of the Sung) . Hong Kong 1978, p. 155 f.
  • Jacques Gernet: La Vie quotidienne en Chine à la veille de l'invasion Mongole, 1250-1276 , Paris 1959 (English translation by HM Wright: Daily Life in China on the Eve of the Mongol Invasion, 1250-1276 , Stanford 1962 )

See also

List of sources on the history of Chinese food and drink culture

Web links

Wikisource: 武林 舊 事  - Sources and full texts (Chinese)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ This short description is essentially based on the Zhongguo pengren cidian . See Balasz and Hervouet.