Yinshi xuzhi (Jia Ming)

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The Chinese book Yǐnshí xūzhī ( Chinese饮食 须知; "What one should know about eating and drinking") was written by Jia Ming (贾铭), from the time of the Yuan Dynasty . It comprises a total of 8 booklets (juan). The book is divided into nine sections.

Sections

  • Water (shui 水)
  • Fire (huo 火)
  • Grains / legumes (gu 谷)
  • Vegetables (cai 菜)
  • Fruits / nuts (guo 果)
  • Seasoning ingredients (white)
  • Fish / shellfish (yu 鱼)
  • Poultry (qin 禽)
  • Mammal meat (shou 兽)

content

From the pharmacopoeias of the various schools of the past, the author has selected incompatible foods (fǎnjì 反 忌) that are to be avoided together and compiled the material into a book. It reports on the properties and flavors of cooking ingredients and foods, their use, and incompatibility and contraindications. It makes an original contribution to the presentation of dietary hygiene. It contains important information about ancient nutritional science.

author

The author, who was born in the time of the Southern Song Dynasty and comes from Haining (海宁) in Zhejiang , was one hundred years old in the first year of the Hongwu (洪武) era of the Ming Dynasty ; he died in 1374 at the proud age of 106 Years. In 1368 the Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang called him over and asked him the secret of his long life. He responded by handing him the book.

Preface (excerpt)

"One relies on drinks and food to nourish life (yangsheng), but if one does not know which substances are incompatible due to their respective properties and should be avoided together (xiangfan xiangji 相反 相 忌), and consumed them at random, the internal organs (wunei) will not harmonize and considerable disaster will immediately follow. Feeding life in this way harms life. I have examined the texts, sub-comments and commentaries of the pharmacopoeias of the different schools and found that each of the substances listed can be both harmful and beneficial, they leave the reader in the dark about what to do. In compiling this work, I have therefore placed the emphasis on selecting those facts which concern incompatible foods and foods to be avoided together so that those who wish to achieve good health will be able to use this information in their daily consumption of beverages and Look up food. "

Old prints and modern editions

The work is contained in the old book collections Xuehai leibian and Comprehensive Collection of Congshu , in the Japanese book series Chugoku shokkei sosho and in the reliable edition of Zhongguo pengren guji congkan from 1985 in an annotated edition by Tao Wentai .

Two works with the same title from the Qing period

There are two works from the Qing Dynasty with the same title, one by Zhu Benzhong , the other by Zhu Tailai . These three works must not be confused with one another.

See also

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

Footnotes

  1. ↑ cf. below, sv "author"
  2. ↑ Our presentation is based essentially on the statements of the Zhongguo pengren cidian and Zhongguo pengren wenxian tiyao .
  3. ↑ cit. after the Zhongguo pengren wenxian tiyao , p. 62; German translation: Reiner Stoppok.
  4. ↑ See Zhongguo pengren wenxian tiyao , No. 112.
  5. ↑ See Zhongguo pengren wenxian tiyao , no.93 .

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