Source: Dade's book "Dai Li Yi Yisheng Core Monument" says: "Herbivores are good and stupid, carnivores are brave, grain eaters are clever, gas eaters live long, and non-eaters are immortal."
Interpretation of the vernacular: people who eat grass are easy to walk but stupid, people who eat meat are brave and tenacious, people who eat grains are smart and dexterous, people who practice qigong have bright eyes and live long, and people who don't eat live forever.
Extended data writing background:
Li Ji was named after Dade (BC 1 century), who was one of the four disciples of Houcang (who lived in 70 BC). Houcang founded a school to teach Yili in 1 century BC.
However, it seems that the relationship between Dade Li Ji and Dade only seeks an admirable source for it.
Contrary to some traditional records, there is no contemporary evidence that the western Han Dynasty ritualists were related to the compilation of The Book of Rites, and there is no evidence that The Book of Rites was an early revision of The Book of Rites.
In addition, the story of the great Dai Li is not recorded in Hanshu and Yiwenzhi. Therefore, it is doubtful whether it was a separate book before the second century.
Content introduction:
There are eighty-five stories about the great Dai Li, but only thirty-nine are left today. The remaining 46 articles, namely 1 to 38, 43 to 45, 6 1 and 82 to 85, were lost in the Tang Dynasty at the latest.
Nevertheless, its historical value and academic significance cannot be underestimated. Most of these chapters describe the remarks of Confucian school from Warring States to Han Dynasty, and they are the basic materials for studying early Confucianism in China.
The princes moved to the temple, the princes disturbed the temple, the state affairs, the official symbols, etc. , recorded the vassal's etiquette, can make up for the lack of etiquette. The virtues of the Five Emperors and the imperial system include the lineages of ancient emperors. On this basis, Sima Qian wrote The Biography of the Five Emperors, which is a precious document to explore prehistoric mysteries.
There is also an article "Xia Zhengxiao", which is the oldest existing monthly order in China. The words called "Jing" by scholars are said to come from Xia Dynasty, which vividly and concretely reflect the ancient ancestors' understanding of astronomical phenomena and meteorological phenology for twelve months a year, and occupy an important position in the history of astronomy, meteorology and agriculture.
At first, The Book of Rites from generation to generation and The Book of Rites from Dai Xiao (hereinafter referred to as the Book of Rites) circulated in parallel.
However, The Book of Rites of Little Dai was listed as a "classic book" in the Tang Dynasty because of Zheng Xuan's annotation. However, Dai has been ignored for a long time because of the annotation of Lu Bian, a scholar in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
In the Qing Dynasty, people paid more and more attention to "Dai Dai Li Ji", and some scholars also conducted a series of studies. Those who have made outstanding achievements should learn from Kong Guangsen's Supplement to Da Dai and Wang's Interpretation of Da Dai.