A Research On Dietary Regimen Of The Jiangnan Interati During The Middle And Late Period Of Ming Dynasty

During the middle and late period of Ming Dynasty, it started a profound innovation in politics, economy, social culture and so on. The emperor languidly managed the government and the eunuchs dominated the power. With the rapid development of commodity economy, commercial association had become frequent. At the mean time, Neo-Confucianism of the Song and the Ming Dynasties descended its way; in contrast, Wang Yangming's theory of mind flourished. As for the literati in that period, their thought, activity criteria and life attitude had taken on a different view from the before. In one hand, due to the sinister of political atmosphere and intensity of the Imperial Examination, the literati consciousness in fame had degenerated, which led them to inclining to clear, graceful recluse life; in other hand, the literati self-consciousness awoke, Life started to break Tsunatsune Confucianism, showing a clear trend to common customs.To preclude the colorful Dietary Regimen life of the Jiangnan literati, the discourse take the life-history as the approach foothold. As a special class of the society, the literati had developed a special diet culture on the accumulation of the tradition; what's more, it effaced some sharp characters. In the meanwhile, science of preservation of Traditional Chinese Medicine blossomed in Jiangnan accordingly; influented of that, Jiangnan's literati learned medicine generally, and researched health preservation more than before. The issue combing out the phenomenon of the Dietary Regimen, As well, it reveals the factual life, and makes a thorough inquiry their mentality from the cemian of psychology.On the ground of other experts'research, the "preface" points out the foundation and Writing Ideas, clears the concept concerned, and clarifies the materials'source and approaches. Chapter 1 introduces the social background of the literati's Dietary Regimen in that time, putting more emphasis upon the transition of public morals and cultural atmosphere, and the deviation and overstep in dietary life particularly. At the angle of the literati discourse, life and characteristics, Chapter 2 extends the interati's Dietary Regimen comprehensively, especially describing which from edibility and medica. Meanwhile, in the analysis of the characteristics of Dietary Regimen, it balances the tradition inheritance and the appeal for reality. In the view of thought-history, Chapter 3 illuminates the cultural connotation of the interati's Dietary Regimen from self-consciousness, complementation between Officialdom and Seclusion, integration between Confucianism and Medicine, Union of the Three Religions.The "inclusion" analyzes the Dietary Regimen of the interati in that time, and accentuates the Dietary Regimen's effects on the state,and society. Latterly, after the overthrow of Ming Dynasty, mentality of the interati straggled in Dietary Regimen. Furthermore, such tradition of Dietary Regimen had affected on the interati in Qing Dynasty, and led its own way to summit.