Xianqing ouji

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The book Xianqing ouji ( Chinese : 闲情偶寄; Pinyin : Xiánqíng ǒujì; "Occasional notes from leisure hours") was written by the playwright and critic Li Yu during the Qing Dynasty . The author is from Lanxi in Zhejiang Province . The work deals with various topics.

Contents overview

  • Ci seals (cí 词)
  • Qu seals (qǔ 曲)
  • Theater (yǎnxì 演戏)
  • House and yard (jūshì 居室)
  • Drinks and food (yǐnzhuàn 饮 馔)
  • Architecture (yíngzào 营造)
  • Horticulture (yuányì 园艺)
  • Health (yǎngshēng 养生)

The chapter "drinks and food"

The chapter devoted to "drinks and food" includes: vegetables (shucai 蔬菜), grain dishes (gushi 谷 食) and meat dishes (roushi 肉食), including fish, seafood, etc. When discussing drinks and food, he often reflects the tastes of his own family, all of which have special characteristics. - The last chapter (in the original: yíyǎng 颐养 [頤養]) also contains important information for the history of the eating and drinking culture of the Qing Dynasty . The chapter was translated by Thomas Gwinner.

Culinary chapter: overview

  • Vegetables (shucai 蔬菜)
    • Bamboo shoots
    • Mushrooms
    • Brasenia ( water shield, a hair mermaid )
    • different vegetables
    • Pumpkin / melon, eggplant, bottle gourd, taro, yam
    • Spring onion, garlic and leek
    • radish
    • Brown mustard
  • Grain dishes (gushi 谷 食)
    • Rice dish and congee
    • Soup
    • Cakes / pastries and small snacks
    • pasta
    • Strength
  • Meat dishes (roushi 肉食)
    • pig
    • mutton
    • Beef
    • dog
    • chicken
    • goose
    • duck
    • Wild birds
    • Wildlife
    • fish
    • shrimp
    • Softshell turtles
    • Crabs
    • various aquatic animals

Footnotes

  1. ↑ On the literature on Li Yu, see Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer: History of Chinese Literature , Bern, Munich, Vienna 1990, as well as Volker Klöpsch & Eva Müller (eds.): Lexicon of Chinese Literature , Munich 2004.
  2. ↑ s. literature

expenditure

The section on drinks and food (yinshi bufen 饮食 部分 and others) is included in the culinary book series Zhongguo pengren guji congkan .

literature

See also