[A new textual research on origin of monascus rice]
1Shenzhen People's Hospital, The Second Medical College of Jinan University, China.
Abstract
Objective:
To explore the origin of Monascus Rice.
Methods:
The relative literature were investigated and classified.
Results:
It was verifiable that the record of Monascus Rice in Chu Xue Ji ([Chinese characters: see text]), a subject-based reference book compiled by Xu Jian in the Tang Dynasty, was excerpted from the metrical verse Qi Shi ([Chinese characters: see text]) written by Wang Can in the Dong Han Dynasty. It is no doubt the name of Monascus Rice was originally used in this peried.
Conclusion:
The use of Monascus Rice can be traced at least to the Han Dynasty.
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