Yuan Dynasty
During the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368), contacts with the West also brought the introduction to China of a major food crop, sorghum, along with other foreign food products and methods of preparation.
| Title | Chinese name | Date | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nongshu Agricultural Treatise |
農書 农书 |
1149 | Chen Fu | Deals with paddy rice farming and sericulture in southern China. |
| Riyong bencao Materia Medica for Daily Use |
日用本草 | 1367 | Wu Rui, an official medical authority | One of famous works on dietetics written in the Yuan Dynasty. It lists of 540 common foods with medicinal properties. |
| Yinshan zhengyao Orthodox Essentials of Dietetics |
飮膳正要 饮膳正要 |
Hu Sihui, an imperial dietary physician | The book that defines essential diets for a healthy person is regarded as the first systematic document on nutritional principles in China. | |
| Nongsang yishi cuoyao Fundamentals of Agriculture and Sericulture for Food and Clothes |
農桑衣食撮要 农桑衣食撮要 |
1314 | Lu Mingshan | sugarcane and sugar manufacturing |
| Yinshi xuzhi Must Know for Diet |
飮食須知 饮食须知 |
Jia Ming | One of the famous works on dietetics written in the Yuan Dynasty. | |
| Yunlin tang yinshi zhidu ji The Food and Drink System of Yunlin |
雲林堂飲食制度集 云林堂饮食制度集 |
Ni Zan, a famous painter | The book with various recipes on ordinary foods is said to be the first book of China actually aimed for ordinary household | |
| Jujia biyong shilei quanji Collection of Necessary Matters Ordered for the Householder |
居家必用事類全集 居家必用事类全集 |
1301 | An encyclopedia that became a precursor to encyclopedias of the late Ming, and has a chapter devoted to "foods of the Muslims." （gengji 庚集, jiji 己集） | |
| Zhuanshi | 饌史 馔史 |
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