Confucius: His Thoughts about Food
Start Date: May 4, 2016
End Date: May 4, 2016
Time: 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Location: Charles B. Wang Center, 100 Nicolls Road Stony Brook, NY 11794
Description
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 1 PM
Charles B. Wang Center Theatre
Free Admission!
Though he taught over 2,000 years ago, Confucius (551 – 479 BCE) remains a major force in Chinese thinking: And his thoughts on cuisine just as potent. China’s most famous teacher, philosopher, and educator liked his rice polished and his meat cut properly and fine. He spoke about diet, food presentation, hygiene, integrity, heaven’s will, and the way things ought to be. Born in China’s State of Lu, we know about his culinary opinions thanks to Han Dynasty historian Sima Qian; The Analects compiled by his disciples centuries after his death; narrative of Zuozhuan from the 4th century CE; and the Mengzi compiled by Mencius. Nowadays, at Qufu in the Kong Mansion, they serve dinners in his memory. What are those dinners and would he indulge in them?
This lecture discusses his life, his thoughts about food, and the memorable meals served at the Kong Mansion. After the lecture related dishes will be tasted. Co-sponsored by Special Collections of the University Libraries, The Confucius institute and the Charles B. Wang Center.
About the Speaker
Dr. Jacqueline M. Newman is a professor emeritus, Queens College and the founder and editor of the award-winning magazine Flavor and Fortune which is the first and only American, English-language quarterly about Chinese food and dietary culture. In 2002 Dr. Newman made a significant gift of 4,000 Chinese cookbooks, culinary magazines and related audio-visual materials to Stony Brook University Libraries Special Collections. It is the largest collection of its type in the world.
Organizers
Organized by : Charles B. Wang Center Organizer's Address : 100 Nicolls Road Stony Brook, NY 11794-4040 Email : [email protected] Website :
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Event categories: Workshops/Classes.Event tags: College/University, Ethnic, Food, Free, Interactive, Lecture, Story Telling/Reading, and Suffolk.