“治大国若烹小鲜”乃我国古代大思想家老子在《道德经·六十》中说的一句至理名言,意在阐述安邦治国之道,而绝非鼎俎经验之谈.老子能否司厨掌勺已无从查考,但老子把烹调小鱼(“鲜”,即生鱼.)的方法,与治理国家的“大道”相比拟,却也说明他对此还是深有体验的.比老子大约要早一千年的商朝,有一位辅佐商王成汤的宰相,正是从疱厨之间走上政治舞台的,这人就是襄助成汤一举伐桀灭夏而建立商王朝的伊尹. “To rule big country if cooking small fresh” is an ancient Chinese thinker Lao Tzu in the “moral classics” in a famous saying, is intended to explain the way the Anbang rule the country, and by no means the experience of Ding Yi. There is no way to check out the chef’s spoon, but Lao Tzu’s comparison of the method of cooking small fish (“fresh” or raw fish) with the “avenue” governing the country means that he still has deep experience with it. As early as a thousand years of the Shang dynasty, there is a prime minister assistant Shang Cheng Tang, it is embarked on the political stage between the blister kitchen, this person is to help Cheng Cheng Tang at one fell swoop cut off the summer and the establishment of the Shang Dynasty Yi Yin .