1.？ Health preserving thought
Gao Lian, a physiologist in the Ming Dynasty, wrote in Drinking, Eating and Eating: "Diet is the foundation of life ... from eating to nourishing qi, from anger to nourishing essence, from essence to nourishing qi, from qi to creating god, from god to creating the whole body".
Gao Lian expounded the importance of diet and its benefits to human body from the structure and function of human organs. In addition, Gao Lian also believes: "Therefore, monks should not eat beautiful food." Directly pointed out Gao Lian's views and opinions on diet. Not all delicious food can nourish and concentrate. If you don't pay attention to the norms and taboos in your diet, it is likely to endanger your life. Therefore, paying more attention to diet in life is a good way to maintain health and longevity. It has been recorded in the book: "Cold is unrestrained, hunger is over-mediated, and it turns into a disease." As we get older, our organs become aging and more vulnerable to diseases. I didn't pay attention to my diet when I was young. When you are hungry, you should have a full meal and eat more cold things. Because you are young and strong, you are not easy to get sick. But people are old, weak in qi and blood, and kidney failure. If they don't pay attention to their diet, they will get sick easily.
In a word, people pay special attention to personal life, so they advocate healthy eating. Scholar-officials in Ming Dynasty paid special attention to the way of diet, and had unique views and opinions on diet. Zhang Dai wrote in "Mountain Man Dong Gu": "Eat every day, but pay attention to cooking, and the chef will leave at once." Banquets are often held at home, and the food and wine are first-class in the local area, because the chef is skilled and works fine.
2.？ An easy idea
"Ignoring thoughts" also occupies an indispensable position in the ideological system of the Ming Dynasty. Lu Shusheng wrote in "Notes on Qing Xia": "All kinds of cooked food ... have a strong smell and lose their original taste. Obviously, most people's diets are delicious, and almost all foods have lost their own flavor. In the long-term diet habit of emphasizing taste, taste gradually becomes numb, so health care experts advocate a "light taste" diet and agree that light taste is the real taste of people.
3. The concept of happiness
Scholar-officials in Ming Dynasty thought that diet was a kind of enjoyment and a great pleasure in life. Scholars who put food and drink first, especially Zhang Dai. Zhang Dai was a historian and writer in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. He explored famous dishes all over the country and recorded them in his book. In Zhang Dai's eyes, food is not only for "filling the stomach", but also makes people feel happy. Zhang Dai is very familiar with local specialties such as dried tangerine peel in Fujian, green roots in Jiangxi and cauliflower in Shanxi. In addition, Zhang Dai also changed the cooking method of food to make it more delicious, which is also his secret recipe.