Cannibalism has occasionally occurred throughout Chinese history both in literal terms and as a literary motif. Historians such as Kuwabara Jitsuzo (December 7, 1870 - May 24, 1931) claim that China has had a particularly rich history of cannibalism (喫人).[1] According to Key Ray Chong, while the Chinese people are not particularly different from other peoples as far as the practice of "survival cannibalism" is concerned, they also have a unique form of cannibalism which he terms "learned cannibalism." Learned cannibalism is "an expression of love and hatred, and a peculiar extension of Confucian doctrine."[2]

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