Analysis of Song Huizong's Concept of "Harmonious Diet"
10.16466/j.issn1005-5509.2024.12.015
- VernacularTitle:宋徽宗"饮和食德"观探析
- Author:
Yao LIANG
1
;
Yin LIN
1
;
Lingzhi SUN
1
Author Information
1. 北京中医药大学 北京 102488
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Harmonious Diet;
Song Huizong;
Shengji Jing;
dietary rehabilitation and dietary education;
diet therapy;
diet health;
traditional dietary education;
traditional Chinese medicine diet
- From:
Journal of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
2024;48(12):1575-1579
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
[Objective]To explore the theoretical connotation of Song Huizong's "Harmonious Diet" view.[Methods]Combining the research methods of medicine and philosophy,based on the idea of dietary rehabilitation and education in Shengji Jing of Song Huizong (hereinafter referred to as "Shengji Jing"),and taking the theoretical origin of "Harmonious Diet" as clue,the concept of "Harmonious Diet" in Shengji Jing was deeply explored and discussed from three dimensions of theoretical connotation,health essentials and importance.[Results]"Drink harmony" and "food virtue" initially reflected the Confucian thought of thanking ancestors and imperial graces. Song Huizong creatively combined them into one in his medical book Shengji Jing,which changed from thanking ancestors and imperial gratitude to being grateful for the nature of heaven and earth,and included the main contents of food,nourishment and dietotherapy,which constituted the core idea of traditional food education of "Harmonious Diet". The thought of "Harmonious Diet" covered many aspects,such as the choice and collocation of diet,the temperance of diet,the timing of diet and so on.[Conclusion]The idea of "Harmonious Diet" emphasizes that according to the principle of five elements in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine,food suitable for individual physique should be selected,and dietary habits should be adjusted according to the law of changes in nature,so as to achieve the effect of harmonizing Yin and Yang,balancing Zang-Fu organs,enhancing physique and preventing diseases. The related content of "Harmonious Diet" still has great reference significance for diet health in modern society.
