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[[File:杜康泉 - Dukang Spring - 2011.12 - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Dukang Spring in [[Jinan]]; local legend claims that Du Kang once set up a pot of wine here.]]<br />
'''Du Kang''',<!--Chinese in infobox--> sometimes identified with [[Shao Kang]], is one of the figures credited with the invention of [[Chinese alcoholic beverages|alcoholic beverages]] in [[Chinese mythology|Chinese legend]]. He became the deified patron of [[winemaker]]s in China and Japan ([[Sake#Tōji|Tōji]]). Grain wines were an important part of ancient Chinese rites and court culture, but their invention cannot be reliably attributed to a single person. <br />
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It is unknown where, when, or if Du Kang actually lived. The dates in ancient sources range over thousands of years and miles. He is sometimes made a minister of the [[Yellow Emperor]] or the [[Xia dynasty|Xia]] ruler [[Shao Kang]]. In the 2nd-century ''[[Shuowen Jiezi]]'', he is identified with [[Shao Kang]] himself. Du Kang's story is referenced in [[Cao Cao]]'s 3rd-century poems. Since Cao, Du Kang has also been used as a [[metonymy|metonym]] for any good alcohol. [[Ruan Ji]] references Du Kang in his attributed [[guqin]] piece ''Jiukuang''.<ref>[http://silkqin.com/02qnpu/32zczz/jiukuang.htm#lyrics World Wide Web resource at silkqin.com accessed 24 FEB 2014] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028213444/http://www.silkqin.com/02qnpu/32zczz/jiukuang.htm |date=2014-10-28 }} and WebCite: AUTHORNAME. TITLE. . 2014-02-24. URL:. Accessed: 2014-02-24. (Archived by WebCite® at )</ref> A modern Chinese wine brand carries the name.<br />
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Du Kang's son Heita is sometimes said to have accidentally invented [[Chinkiang vinegar]] when his forgetfulness allowed a vat to spoil.<ref>{{citation |last=Chen |first=Fusheng |author-mask=Chen Fusheng |ref={{harvid|Chen & al.|2009}} |author2=Li Li |author3=Qu Jiong |author4=Chen Chunxu |display-authors=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XuPWgEMx_eIC |contribution-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XuPWgEMx_eIC&pg=PA243 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=XuPWgEMx_eIC&pg=PA243 243 ff] |contribution=Cereal Vinegars Made by Solid-State Fermentation in China |editor=Lisa Solieri |editor2=Paolo Giudici |display-editors=0 |title=Vinegars of the World |publisher=Springer |date=2009 |bibcode=2009viwo.book.....S |isbn=9788847008663 }}.</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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*''[[Ancient Legends]]''<br />
*[[Baishui County]]<br />
*[[Chinese alcoholic beverages]]<br />
*[[Poetry of Cao Cao]]<br />
*[[Ruan Ji]]<br />
*[[Sima Xiangru]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*{{cite book |author1=Jian Chen |author2=Yang Zhu |title=Solid State Fermentation for Foods and Beverages |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HUTBAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA102 |date=23 November 2013 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-4398-4496-0 |pages=102–}}<br />
*{{cite book|author=Yinke Deng|title=Ancient Chinese Inventions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EeVPT6UAk3EC&pg=PA51|date=3 March 2011|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-18692-6|pages=51–}}<br />
*{{cite book|author=Dwight B. Heath|title=International Handbook on Alcohol and Culture|url=https://archive.org/details/internationalhand00heat|url-access=registration|date=1 January 1995|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-25234-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/internationalhand00heat/page/44 44]–}}<br />
*{{cite book|author1=Peter Lovrick|author2=Wang-Ngai Siu|title=Chinese Opera: Images and Stories|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBwwsO7AWaIC&pg=PA155|date=1 January 2011|publisher=UBC Press|isbn=978-0-7748-4445-1|pages=155–}}<br />
*{{cite book|author=Zhengping Li|title=Chinese Wine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ph2QpKioOCcC&pg=PA17|date=3 March 2011|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-18650-6|pages=17–}}<br />
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