Songshi zunsheng bu 宋氏尊生部

Songshi zunsheng bu 宋氏尊生部 "Master Song's book of respecting life" is a cookbook written during the Ming period 明 (1368-1644) by Song Gongwang 宋公望, courtesy name Tianmin 天民, from Huating 華亭. He was the son of Song Xu 宋詡 (fl. 1504), the author of the book Songshi yangsheng bu 宋氏養生部.

The book is divided into 10 juan, presenting recipes for soups (Tang bu 湯部), water preparations (Shui bu 水部), alcoholic beverages (Jiu bu 酒部), yeast preparations (Qu bu 麴部), soy sauce (Jiang bu 醬部), vinegar (Cu bu 醋部), vegetarian dishes (Xiangtou bu 香頭部), oven dishes (Luliao bu 爊料部), pickled dishes (Zao bu 糟部), vegetarian fillings (Suxian bu 素餡部), hot dishes (La bu 辣部), pastry dishes (Mian bu 麵部), flour dishes (Fen bu 粉部), sugared dishes (Tang bu 糖部), rice and congee (Fanzhou bu 飯粥部), and fruits (Guo bu 果部), with a total amount of more than 200 dishes and advice for storage.

Even if the book extensively quotes from older texts like Jujia biyong shilei quanji 居家必用事類全集 or the encylopaedia Shilin guangji 事林廣記, it also includes some novel dishes from Southeast China not found elsewhere, like hash-filled dough (jimian 齏麵), leek pastry (jiubing 韭餅), "agate cookies" (manao gao 馬腦糕), "camel feet" (luotuo ti 駱駝蹄), "Heaven-smell pastry" (tianxiang bingzi 天香餅子) or cold dumplings (lengtuan 冷團).

The book is included in the Song Xiang's collection Zhuyu shanfang zabu 竹嶼山房雜部.