Study of Works on Plants for Famine Relief in Ming Period

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  • 明代における救荒作物著述考
  • メイダイ ニ オケル キュウコウ サクモツ チョジュツコウ

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The Ming period was remarkable for frequent natural disasters. There is record of about 1,011 instances of crop-failure in 276 years. To cope with the food situation, Ming people made a vast range of researches on plants, of which about ten works were published.The author studies these works and the various editions of them. In particular, he mentions Chiu-huang pêng-ts’ao 救荒本草 by Chu Su 朱○ and Yeh-ts’ai po-lu 野菜博録 by Pao Shan 鮑山. The former refers to 414 kinds of plants with illustrations and explains their growing districts, shapes, edible portions, tastes and cookery. The latter describes 435 kinds of plants and their properties and cookery, also with illustrations.　※○：きへんに肅

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