Chinese Food Culture and the Theory of Yin Yang and the Five Natural Elements

About This Project

Japan Grant Number
JP24520043 (JGN)
Funding Program
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Funding Organization
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Kakenhi Information

Project/Area Number
24520043
Research Category
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type
  • Multi-year Fund
Review Section / Research Field
  • Humanities and Social Sciences > Humanities > Philosophy > Chinese philosophy
Research Institution
  • International Christian University
Project Period (FY)
2012-04-01 〜 2016-03-31
Project Status
Completed
Budget Amount*help
3,120,000 Yen (Direct Cost: 2,400,000 Yen Indirect Cost: 720,000 Yen)

Research Abstract

For Chinese Food culture and the theory, 1) Organize the flow of Chinese food culture ideas of each era using literature such as "Siku Quanshu『四庫全書』", "Daozang『道蔵』, " "Shu Zang『術蔵』", 2) Compare Chinese "Compendium of Materia Medica" with Japanese "Yamato Materia Medica『大和本草』" , and the Korean "Donguibogam『東医宝鑑』". "Yamato Materia Medica『大和本草』" was presented an easy-to-understand information for general people. The readers can be inferred to be a officials or leaders of village who correspond to their rescue at the time of the famine. On the other hand, readers of "Compendium of Materia Medica『本草綱目』" is mainly a specialist for the drug. Consideration of food Materia Medica related certificate in Japan and China as well as South Korea only also is a future challenge.

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