Confucius said that March does not know the taste of meat
Throughout the Spring and Autumn Warring States, there are many stories of foodies. Regarding eating, as a major event in life, the saints are not afraid, Confucius said that March does not know the taste of meat, Mencius said that fish and bear paws, although the princes are the taste of mountains and treasures and seas, there are also their favorite foods, they are absolute foodies. Zheng Guolinggong's "infected with Ding", incorruptible "Still able to eat", and Yan Bao's "two peaches to kill three soldiers" were all caused by eating and provoking spring and autumn turmoil.
As long as the princes wanted, they could turn any animal into a delicacy, including people. As the overlord of benevolence and righteousness, Qi Huangong felt tasteless after eating all the delicacies in the world, and later steamed and ate Yi Ya's son; when Jin Wengong was hungry and thirsty, he also ate Jie Zhitui's thigh.
The Son of Heaven lifted himself to a great prison
The obsession of foodies is very firm, do not underestimate the obsession of foodies, in order to eat well and drink well, the princes and monarchs do not hesitate to recruit the world's famous chefs, and create a palace institution, which is for the imperial dining room. In the Chinese, there are "The Son of Heaven lifts up a great prison, and worships with a meeting; the princes lift up a special cow, and worships an etheric prison; the Qing raises a small prison, worships a special cow; the doctor lifts a special animal, worships a small prison; a soldier eats fish, and worships a special animal; a man eats vegetables and worships a fish." "Different classes have different dietary standards, but the Princes of Tianzi do not have such restrictions, such as Wu Wangbian, who likes to eat fish.
Of course, as senior foodies, the princes ostensibly had to respect the ritual system, and they not only had to eat themselves, but also let the ancestors eat with them. "Zuo Biao": "The great affairs of the country are in the worship and rong." "The Zhou people attach importance to sacrifice, and the most important thing during the sacrifice is to eat, after the sacrifice ceremony, the royal family and nobles gather to feast, in order to eat high-grade food."
"Etiquette and The Royal System": "Princes do not kill cattle for no reason, doctors do not kill sheep for no reason, soldiers do not kill pigs for no reason, people do not eat treasures for no reason, and shame does not exceed animals." "It is still not so easy for the princes of Tianzi to eat their favorite food. Therefore, the princes of the Spring and Autumn Warring States especially liked to meet the alliance, because the princes would make an alliance and hold small meetings, and the indispensable link was to eat. This is true of the Kwai Qiu Alliance, the Summoning Alliance, and the Shichi Society.
An unprecedented feast
The princes rewarded the three armies with food, and after the Battle of Chengpu, the Jin Wengong held a celebration meeting, and a sumptuous banquet was placed. It is said that the number of participants at that time was large and the scale was unprecedented, showing the heroic feelings of Jin Wengong, a foodie.
In the Spring and Autumn Warring States, foodie princes, because eating often affects the course of history. For example, Jin Linggong loves to eat roasted bear paws, and there is a butcher who is directly killed because the roasted bear paws are not cooked, and he defeats the taste of Jin Linggong. This also became one of the reasons for the Zhao family to kill the Jin Linggong. Jin Linggong did not meet a good cook, and King Chu Cheng was different. Surrounded by rebels, he thought about eating bear paws before he died, and he was also a complete foodie. Song Guo had a Hua Yuan, and when he was fighting with the Chu State, he cooked a pot of mutton soup before the battle, because he did not give it to the drivers, he was jealous, and the people driving on the battlefield actually directly dragged Hua Yuan into the enemy bushes, resulting in him being captured alive and the Song army was defeated. The man driving the car was also obviously a foodie.