ABSTRACT
I n its present form, the YSCY is an illustrated dietary manual and cook-book in three chiian ~ (chapters). There are several modern printed editions and also at least two manuscript versions. 1 Without exception all are based upon the 1456 Ming edition used for the present translation in its Szu-pu ts'ung-k'an hsU-pien IZ9 ~~~ flj .~I reprint. This edition is a reproduction of a YUan original that now survives only in fragments. 2
IThese are located in Japanese libraries and were not available for examination. See Ishida Mikinosuke, "Inzenseiyo ni tsuite," Shisen 15 (1959): 40-58.
