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Confucius was a great statesman, thinker and educator in ancient China. He is also very insightful about diet, and he first put forward the concepts of food hygiene and food etiquette.

Not eating enough: Confucius said, "A gentleman can't eat enough, and he can't be prepared for danger in times of peace, and he can't be sensitive to things."

Be careful what you say. ""food and vegetables, drinking water, its arms and pillows, joy is also among them. Unjust wealth is like a cloud to me. "It can be seen that the dietary principle pursued by Confucius is simplicity.

Pay attention to food hygiene: In the Analects of Confucius, Confucius put forward many principles of food hygiene and hygienic standards for identifying food, which are incisive and original. Representative are:

"The fish is hungry and the meat is defeated." Fish and meat are rotten and cannot be eaten; "color evil does not eat." Don't eat food if its color has gone bad; "It stinks and doesn't eat." Poor color and taste, do not eat; "Don't eat from time to time." If it's not dinner time, don't eat; "Don't eat if you drink." Most of the wines bought in the market are mixed with water; Cooked meat and cooked vegetables are often unclean and cannot be eaten.

"Although there is a lot of meat, it won't make you angry." Eat cereal as the staple food, and eat meat with rice to make meat and rice have an adaptive ratio. Too much meat and too little rice are greasy, even if meat is better than rice, it is not suitable.

"Eat without words, sleep without words." Eating without talking and sleeping without talking conform to the hygiene principle.

Pay attention to the art of diet: "You are not tired of fine food, and you are not tired of fine food." Confucius advocated that when eating, the food should be made as fine as possible; When cooking, cut the meat carefully. Confucius' dietary concept of "never getting tired of essence" is a contribution to the creation of China's dietary culture.

This article is taken from Yang Li's Talk on Diet and Nutrition published by Beijing Science and Technology Press in June 2007.