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Suun japbang (수운잡방, 需雲雜方, c. 1540) ferment corpus수운잡방

This entry is a historical source, not a single ferment. The Suun japbang is a Korean cookbook written in Classical Chinese around 1540 by Kim Yu, with a second part compiled by his grandson Kim Ryeong. Nearly half of its 121 recipes are liquors, and it also records vinegars, kimchi, jang, a fish sikhae and tarak (a milk preparation).

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Suun japbang itself. Its own sources do not record how it is made, so the steps and scenes below are those of Jeupjang / jipjang (vegetable jang fermented in horse manure or compost), the closest documented sauces and condiments ferment, shown as a guide to the method, not as a record of Suun japbang.

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Recipe

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Total time across the steps of Jeupjang / jipjang (vegetable jang fermented in horse manure or compost): 7 days – 14 days

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What changes: Steamed soybean and wheat dumplings ferment in straw sacks, then dry

Step 1 of 4 · steps of Jeupjang / jipjang (vegetable jang fermented in horse manure or compost)
Make jeupjang meju and let it ferment
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Salt
None given
Acidity
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In the 1716 recipe, soaked wheat and soybeans are ground, steamed, shaped like knife handles, fermented in straw sacks and dried. A later recipe mixes soybeans with wheat bran in July and layers the meju with pine needles. Output: dried meju dumplings.

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Microbes at work in this step

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Method

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At a glance

This entry is a historical source, not a single ferment. The Suun japbang is a Korean cookbook written in Classical Chinese around 1540 by Kim Yu, with a second part compiled by his grandson Kim Ryeong. Nearly half of its 121 recipes are liquors, and it also records vinegars, kimchi, jang, a fish sikhae and tarak (a milk preparation).

What makes this one different

Unlike the later Eumsik dimibang, written in Hangul by Lady Jang of Andong around 1670, the Suun japbang was written in Classical Chinese by Kim Yu and his grandson around 1540. It mixes recipes from Korean and Chinese cookbooks with local household methods.

Related ferments

Variants

  • Liquors in part 1삼해주, 삼오주, 벽향주 ×3, 만전향주, 두강주, 칠두주, 소곡주 ×2, 감향주, 백자주, 호도주, 상실주 (acorn wine), 하일약주 ×2, 삼일주, 하일청주, 하일점주 ×3, 진맥소주, 녹파주, 일일주, 도인주, 백화주, 유하주, 이화주 ×2 with its nuruk (이화주조국법), 오두주, 함향주, 백출주, 정향주, 십일주, 동양주, 보경가주, 동하주, 남경주, 진상주, 별주.
  • Liquors in part 2삼오주 ×2, 오정주, 송엽주 (pine-needle), 포도주 (grape), 애주 (mugwort), 황국화주, 건주법, 지황주, 예주, 황금주, 세신주, 아황주, 도화주 (peach blossom), 경장주, 칠두오승주, 오두오승주, 백화주.

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

A two-part manuscript in one volume, 24 leaves including the cover, 19.5 cm by 25.5 cm. Part 1 is in running script and part 2 in cursive script. It is held at the Korean Studies Advancement Center (한국국학진흥원) in Andong and was designated a Treasure (보물) on 24 August 2021.

  1. [encykorea-suun] Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (한국민족문화대백과사전), Academy of Korean Studies, 수운잡방 (需雲雜方), article by Jeong Hye-gyeong, last revised 2025, read 2026-10book
  2. [s1] Korean Wikipedia, 수운잡방 (read 2026-10-16)wiki