Zhuanshi

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The Chinese book Zhuanshi ( Chinese  馔 史  - "History of Drinks and Food") has been handed down without giving the author's name. Its volume is one booklet ( juan ). It is not a work of history in the strict sense of the word, as suggested by the character 史 (shi) in the Chinese title, but rather mixed records on the subject of eating and drinking.

It contains valuable materials for the history of Chinese food and drink culture from the Western Jin Dynasty to the Southern Song Dynasty .

The work consists largely of excerpts from works from bygone times.

Dating

Because the matters reported in it only go as far as the Southern Song Dynasty , it is attributed to the Yuan Dynasty in old editions .

content

Everything in the work revolves around the topics of culinary art, drinks and food. This includes the Lüshi chunqiu Benwei (吕氏 春秋. 本 味) and the works Anping gong shidan (安平公 食 单; "Menu of the Anping gong") by He Zeng (何曾) from the time of the Jin dynasty , Shaoweiyan shidan (烧 尾 宴 食 单 “Shaowei Banquet Menu”) by Wei Juyuan from the time of the Tang Dynasty , which also records the size of the appetite of some people and special preferences.

More recipes

It also contains excerpts from the works Youyang zazu (酉阳 杂 俎) by Duan Chengshi (段 成 式) from the time of the Tang Dynasty , Dongjing meng Hua lu (东京 梦华 录) by Meng Yuanlao (孟 元老) from the Period of the Southern Song Dynasty and Wulin jiushi (武林 旧 事) by Zhou Mi (周密) from the Song Dynasty, as well as the Taiping yulan from the Tang Dynasty and the Qingyilu from the Song Dynasty.

Old prints and modern editions

The work is contained in the old book collection Xuehai leibian (学海 类 编) and in the Japanese book collection on Chinese culinary art called Chugoku shokkei sosho .

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Our presentation is based on that of Zhongguo pengren cidian , Zhongguo pengren wenxian tiyao , Zhongguo shijing .
  2. ↑ Which is a chapter of the Lüshi chunqiu (吕氏 春秋).

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