Shiology system —to establish inclusion and juxtaposition relationships within shiance

Shiology system—to establish inclusion and juxtaposition relationships within shiance

Liu Guangwei

Research Center for Shiology, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China. Beijing Shiology Research Institute, Beijing 100022, China

Abstract: The construction of shiology system is the premise for comprehensively solving the issues of human shiance. The core of the construction of shiology system is to reveal the inclusion and juxtaposition relationships within shiance based on a comprehensive understanding of human shiance issues. The shiology system discussed in this paper is a four-level discipline system with the basic structure of shiology triangle composed of eaters' demands, food acquisition and shiance order, and it is currently in the form of "1-3-13-36". From a longitudinal point of view, 53 inclusion relationships are established among disciplines at all levels. Horizontally, 53 juxtapositions are established between disciplines at the same level. The shiology system is bounded by human shiance issues, not involving non-shiance issues areas. Human cognition of shiance and shiance issues must go through three historical stages: fragmented cognition, block-based cognition, and holistic cognition. The construction of the shiology system marks that human have entered the stage of "holistic cognition" of shiance. As the Chinese proverb goes, "food is the paramount necessity of the people." How paramount food for people's necessity. Shiology system interprets its connotation and extension. To solve shiance issues holistically, we need to ensure food security, enable people to eat healthy, and foster an enduring and stable society. And shiology system is a global public product which comprehensively solves shiance issues.

Keywords: System; Eater; Food; Shiance order; Shiance; Shiology; Shiance cognition; Shiology system

Objective understanding is an integration process in cognition. This process involves three historical stages: fragmented, block, and holistic cognition. Contemporary modern science is predominantly at the holistic cognition stage, developing a comprehensive knowledge framework. Mathematics, for instance, embodies holistic cognition in arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, and number theory. Similarly, physics integrates mechanics, heat, electromagnetism, optics, atomic physics, and quantum mechanics. Conversely, in the field of health and survival—a crucial aspect of our existence—order and continuity are insufficiently addressed, remaining at the block cognition level. There exists no holistic understanding or thorough knowledge framework for shiance issues.

United Nations Secretary-General Guterres, in his message for the Fourth World Shiology Forum stated that "We are facing a global food crisis. Around the world, 780 million people are going hungry and more than three billion cannot afford healthy diets. Meanwhile, one-third of all food produced is lost or wasted. Unsustainable food production, packaging and transportation are feeding the climate crisis – generating colossal greenhouse gas emissions, using over twothirds of the world's freshwater, and accelerating biodiversity loss." (World Shiology Forum,2023)

Guterres reiterates the complexity, persistence, and integrality of contemporary human shiance issues. Although humans have a lineage of 10,000 years of agricultural civilization and 300 years of industrialization, why have we not completely solved these existential issues? This inquiry pertains not just to the world and its era, but also to individuals. Solving issues requires cognitive understanding, the primary deficiency being our incomplete comprehension of human shiance issues, treating parts as wholes.

The delineation of a system of shiology must encapsulate all domains of human shiance while eliminating elements from non-shiance sectors. The primary core of formulating a system of shiology is to elucidate the inclusion and juxtaposition within the "shiance cognition" of human beings through a comprehensive understanding of shiance. The ultimate aim of constructing the shiology system is to holistically and thoroughly address the human shiance issues and facilitate sustainable growth and development.

Concepts and principles

In the Oxford dictionary, it interprets SYSTEM that an organized set of ideas or theories or a particular way of doing sth. In essence, a system can be considered as an ensemble of interrelated elements. More precisely, a system comprises entities that are intrinsically interrelated through the process of inclusion and juxtaposition.

Shiology elucidates knowledge encompassing human shiance cognition. The food system spans from origin to consumption, whereas the shiance system encompasses everything from the initial phase until excretion, encompassing food and order. The physical proximity of origin to excretion is immediate, yet the scientific gap is vast. The connection between food and order may appear irrelevant, but it is in fact a crucial connection. To construct a comprehensive shiology system, the research focus must expand from a limited "food system" to an expansive "shiance system".

In contemporary modern scientific framework, the understanding of human shiance remains within a fragmented "block cognition" stage. For instance, agriculture science which focuses on food domestication, food science which focuses on food processing, and nutrition which focuses on food composition, all exist as distinct superordinate disciplines, each with its own objectives and goals. In reality, these disciplines are largely fragmented, focused on their own research and application, sometimes in conflict, lacking synergy and presenting many gaps.

The "block cognition" of shiance cannot fully address the escalating complexity of human shiance issues and fails to satisfy human's urgent need for comprehensive shiance issues. Holistic solutions to shiance issues are achieved only by a thorough comprehension of shiance issues. The construction of shiology system denotes the transformation of human shiance cognition into the "holistic cognition" stage, elevating the ability of human shiance issues solving into a new level.

Five basic principles guide the establishment of a shiology system.

Primarily, the system must address all human shiance issues thoroughly and universally.

Second, the system ought to rectify incorrect relationships among shiance cognition, clarifying the inclusion and juxtaposition relationship within it.

Third, it aims to expose the objective law of human shiance. This includes establishing objective sub-disciplines and forming 'ontological disciplines' and 'cross-disciplines’.

Fourth, the system stems from the wealth of human shiance knowledge, embracing traditional and modern, Eastern and Western insights.

Finally, the system is people-oriented, focused on shiance issues, and committed to advancing sustainable human development.

The construction of shiology system is sophisticated and systemic. This article adheres to the five principles, formulates the triangular structure of the shiology system, and delves into the construction of its three sub-systems: eaters' needs, food acquisition, and shiance order.

Establishment of the triangular structure

In the face of extensive fragmentary cognition of human shiance, elucidating the inclusion and juxtaposition relationship within them is critical, thereby forming a comprehensive framework for all human shiance issues. This is the foremost obstacle faced in constructing the shiology system.

The establishment of the structure of the shiology system has been an iterative process of updating and has gone through three broad stages.

Presently, our understanding of agriculture, food, diet, catering, etc., lacks scope to encompass shiance topics. By utilizing food life, food thought, food culture, or food history, we cannot achieve "minimal but comprehensive coverage" (Liu Guangwei,2023). Through careful selection, a "triangular framework" evolved as the structure of the shiology system. The foundational elements are food production, food utilization, and shiance order. This is henceforth known as the "shiology triangle" (Liu Guangwei,2019).

It was subsequently determined that the concept of "food production" was limited, failing to encompass the utilization of wild food. Humans, having existed for 5.5 million years, have relied on wild food for 5.49 million years, domesticating food for just 10,000 years. Consequently, the term "food production" was altered to "food acquisition" to provide a comprehensive perspective of human shiance. Also, it was established that the primary purpose of "food utilization" is to sustain the core of the triangular structure - the eaters. Thus, the term "food utilization" was clarified as "eaters' health", with the order of these three elements subsequently adjusted: eaters'health, food acquisition, and shiance order (Liu Guangwei,2022).

Subsequently, it was evident that "eaters' health" cannot accurately encapsulate the concept. Sufficient, quality, and healthy eating practices are an evolving triad, with exclusive focus on health being inadequate. Furthermore, the internal and external conflicts caused by eating also encompass the egoistic desires of eaters. Consequently, the term "eaters' health" has evolved into "eaters' needs". All human shiance behaviors should align with the eaters' needs, integrating personal needs with societal ones, and bridging the social needs with those of its inhabitants. Furthermore, the "eaters' needs - food acquisition - shiance order" paradigm was formulated, establishing the basic structure of shiology.

Analyzing the vast and intricate human society, regardless of the historical stage, race, or culture, the fundamental aspects of human survival and social function invariably revolve around three aspects of eaters' needs, food acquisition, and shiance order. Eaters' needs encompasses health and longevity, food acquisition focuses on quantity and quality to meet these needs, and shiance order balances the human-crowd and human-ecology harmony, satisfying the eaters' social harmony requirements. This triangular structure of shiology forms the foundation for the secondary discipline of shiology.

The shiology system represents an extensive knowledge system, with second-level disciplines named after triangular structural elements: eaters' needs, food acquisition, and shiance order. Presently, this system has been refined to a fivetier discipline structure. For brevity, this article will exclusively focus on the third-level discipline of shiology, viewed through a macro perspective (Fig.1).

Constructing a system of eaters' needs Eaters' needs science, a "people-oriented" knowledge system which is rooted in a perspective of human survival, health, happiness, and longevity, explores the objective laws linking within human body and food. Optimal eating for health and longevity begins with the understanding of individual characteristics and needs, continues with the understanding of diverse food natures, and culminates in mastering correct eating method to achieve a high degree of coupling between body and food.

There are no exact duplicates of leaves or human bodies in the world. The comprehensive  understanding of an individual's longevity and health through eating methods hasn't been completely established. Establishing a reliable eaters' needs system necessitates both contemporary food knowledge and traditional wisdom. It also needs to comprehend the group's demand commonality and simultaneously focusing on individual demand differences. The specific embodiment of food utilization efficiency is the health and longevity of the eaters. Eater's needs science, a secondary discipline of shiology, is comprised of three subdisciplines:Eater's body, Food composition, and Eatology (Fig. 2).

Eaters' body (SS111000)

The Eaters' Body grounds its focus on the cognition of body from the perspective of food, emphasizing the relationship between food and body as "Body transformed from food". This concept pertains to physiological, anatomical, Chinese medicine, and other disciplines. While modern medicine focuses on body structure, traditional medicine delves into body natures, forming a comprehensive "dual cognition" eaters’body system.

Eaters' body is a subject that studies the structure and attributes of the human body, its relationship with food and the laws thereof.

Its task is to carry out in-depth research on physical conditions and physiological structure from the perspective of eaters, and to adapt to the needs of the body to make it healthy and longlived.

Eaters'body is one of the 13 tier-3 subjects of shiology, and includes two tier-4 subjects, i.e. physical conditions, and physiological structure.

1.Eaters' Physical Conditions (SS111100): Eaters’ physical conditions refer to the unique properties of every individual's body. It refers to Mr.Wang Qi' s nine TCM body types (Wang Qi,2010), primarily derived from traditional Chinese medicine.

2.Easters' Physiological Structure (SS111200): Easters' Physiological Structure elucidates the objective rules between the human body and food from a "structural" perspective, employing contemporary modern medicine as its principal source.

Food composition (SS112000)

Food composition, derived from comprehending all food connotations, underscores the integral cognition of food. It is notified by two dimensions, "element" and "natures". It integrates a harmonious "dual cognition" framework with nutrition and traditional Chinese medicine, aiming at comprehension of food constituents impacting the human body.

Food composition is a subject that studies all the internal characteristics of food and the relationship between food composition and human bodies.

The task of the subject is to carry out in-depth research on food elements and food characters, and serve the needs of human survival, good health, and longevity.

Food composition is one of the 13 tier-3 subjects of shiology and include two tier-4 subjects: food natures and food elements.

1.Food Natures (SS112100): Food natures refer to different attributes inherent in food, such as warm, hot, cold, and cool. The earliest record of intact food nature theory is Shen Nong’s Classic of the Materia Medica compiled in the Eastern Han Dynasty (Wu Pu et al,2016). Food Natures is derived from TCM, and it outlines the relationship between food natures and health by practical verification.

2.Food elements (SS112200): Food elements is a subject that studies the differences in food components from a microcosmic visual perspective, the relationship between food elements and human health, and it is derived from modern nutrition.

Eatology (SS113000)

Eatology, also referred to as food converting science, originated from the perspective of optimally aligning the body and food, emphasizing that everyone can consume food to live a prolonged, healthy existence. This discipline bridges traditional, modern medical and health sciences. Eating is pervasive and universal, yet achieving longevity and healthy through eating is challenging. Eatology entails "Food and human body coupling" that everyone is a unique individual who changes every day, while food diversity is significant. A comprehensive understanding of these two variables in food and body coupling is founded in order to eat healthy.

Eatology is a subject that studies the converting of food into human body. It studies how to improve food utilization efficiency, and how to meet and adapt to the needs of individual food converting systems.

The task of eatology is to guide people to eat correctly and guide people to prevent and reduce eating diseases, and to improve food utilization efficiency.

Eatology is one of the 13 tier-3 subjects of shiology and includes five tier-4 subjects.

1.Eating methodology (SS113100): It is a subject that studies how to meet the needs of individual food converting system from multiple dimensions to a maximum degree.

2.Eating aesthetics (SS113200): It is a subject that studies the harmonious relationship between eating behaviors and psychology and physiology.

3.Eating diseases (SS113300): It is a subject that studies the relationship between food, eating methods, and diseases and the laws thereof.

4.Therapeutics with food of imbalanced nature (SS113400): It is a subject that studies the relationship between food natures and abnormalities of the body and the laws thereof.

5.Therapeutics with synthetic food (SS113500): It is a subject that studies the relationship between synthetic food and abnormal conditions of the body and the laws thereof.

Constructing a system of food acquisition

Food acquisition focuses on methods used by individuals to acquire food, delineating objective rules regarding survival and food acquirement. Food acquisition is the primary factor contributing to human survival. From picking and collecting to hunting and fishing, from cultivation and breeding to cooking and fermentation, humans have gathered substantial expertise over millennia; nonetheless, achieving an adequate amount and superior quality of food sustainably remains a significant challenge. Food acquisition serves as an enhancement of agriculture, food science and other disciplines.

In essence, the establishment of food acquisition entails transition from minute notions of grains, vegetables, fruits, eggs and aquatic products to the broad term "food", and from the respective field of domestication, production, processing, and distribution to the encompassing concept of "acquisition". Food Acquisition stands as an integral aspect of the shiology framework. As the predominant subsystem in the shiology system, it encompasses 7 dimensions: ecology, wild acquisition, domestication, processing, artificiality, distribution, and tools.

Food acquisition encompasses all areas related to the obtaining and processing of food. This system is composed of 7 tier-3 subjects: food ecology, wild food acquisition, food domestication, artificial food, food processing, food circulation, and shiance tools. (Fig.3)

Food ecology (SS121000)

Food ecology derives from human food sources, emphasising healthy food systems impact human food security, alos emphasizing the ecological comprehension of edible plants, animals, fungi, and minerals.

Food ecology is a subject that studies the relationship between humans and the food source and the laws thereof.

The tasks of food ecology are to protect the food ecosystem and restore it by correcting improper shiance behaviors of humans and ensuring the sustainability of the food supply.

Food ecology is one of 13 tier-3 subjects of shiology, and includes two tier-4 subjects: the food ecosystem protection and the food ecosystem restoration.

1. Food ecosystem protection (SS121100): It is a subject that studies how to maintain the originality of the food ecosystem.

2. Food ecosystem restoration (SS121200): It is a subject dedicated to understanding how to rehabilitate damaged food sources.

Wild food acquisition (SS122000)

Wild food acquistion originated from human interaction with wild food, focused on sustainable acquisition methods. It denotes direct collection of wild food, excluding farming involvement. As the oldest and the most fundamental and prevalent food acquisition method, it remains a quality option despite modern industrial advancements.

Wild food acquisition is a subject focused on the study of the continuous sourcing of wild food and its governing laws. The primary objectives of wild food acquisition are to explore and utilize wild food sources to diversify, enhance, and rationalize human diets, while simultaneously maintaining biodiversity.

Wild food acquisition is classified as one of the 13 tier-3 subjects within the discipline of shiology, and it is further divided into four tier-4 subjects.

1.Food picking (SS122100): It is a subject that studies the methods by which humans continuously obtain wild terrestrial plants and fungi for food and the governing principles thereof.

2.Food hunting (SS122200): It is a subject that explores the ongoing procurement of wild terrestrial animals for food.

3.Food fishing (SS122300): It is a subject that delves into the methodologies of humans continuously obtaining aquatic food for sustenance.

4.Food collecting (SS122400): It is a subject that studies methods used by humans to continuously obtain minerals for consumption and the governing principles of such activities.

Food domestication (SS123000)

Food domestication, derived from artificially managing the reproduction of wild food, emphasising the exploration and promotion of sustainable domestication paradigms and technologies. Based on the original concepts of plant cultivation and animal breeding, it eatablishes the innovative concept of "fungi farming" for domesticating fungi food and creates an integrated system of "farming, breeding, and farming". Compared to existing fields, this perspective is more precise.

Food domestication is a subject that examines the methods and principles of bringing the natural reproduction of wild food sources under artificial control, aiming to enhance area efficiency, growth efficiency, and labor efficiency in food production.

Food domestication constitutes one of the thirteen tier-3 subjects within the discipline of shiology, and it encompasses three tier-4 subjects.

1.Food cultivation (SS123100): It is a discipline that explores the domestication of edible plants and the underlying principles.

2.Food breeding (SS123200): It is a discipline that explores the domestication of edible animals and the underlying principles.

3.Edible fungus farming (SS123300): It is a subject dedicated to the domestication of edible fungi and the exploration of the underlying principles.

Artificial food (SS124000)

Artificial food emerged from the manufacture of non-natural food and denotes the use of artificial methods to produce edible substances. It concentrates on the correlation between cognitive non-natural food and physical health. Despite the presence of artificial food since over 100 years, it remains excluded from the theoretical framework of food. It ranks after plant, animal, fungi, and mineral food as the fifth category and an outsider in the existing food chain.

Artificial food delves into the production of edible substances via chemical synthesis and related methods, exploring the creation and application of non-natural foods and synthetic foods' role in enhancing natural food sensory experiences and addressing health issues.

Artificial food constitutes one of the 13 Tier-3 subjects within shiology and it comprises two Tier4 subjects.

1.Food-conditioning synthetic food (SS124100): It is a subject that explores the interplay between the sensory attributes of food and synthetic substances, along with the underlying principles governing this relationship.

2.Body-tonifying synthetic food (SS124200): It is a subject that delves into the interplay between diseases and synthetic substances, outlining the principles governing this relationship.

Food processing (SS125000)

Food processing, based on human processing methods, emphasizes processing guidelines. According to heating (cooking) and microbe reproduction (fermentation), the non-thermal physical method labeled "disintegration" expresses all non-thermal physical processes. And it defines the three primary processing systems of cooking, fermentation, and disintegration. The scene of food processing encompasses home, shop, and factory.

Food disintegration is a field of study focused on enhancing the efficiency of food utilization through physical methods.Food disintegration not only aims to preserve the naturalness of food but also seeks to prolong its shelf life, ensure food quantity and quality, enhance the efficiency of raw material use, and minimize losses during processing.

Food disintegration constitutes one of the 13 Tier-3 subjects within shiology and it comprises three Tier-4 subjects.

1. Food disintegration (SS125100): It is a field of study focused on enhancing the efficiency of food utilization through physical methods, excluding the use of heat.

2. Food cooking (SS125200): It is a subject focused on enhancing food utilization efficiency through the application of heat.

3. Food fermentation (SS125300): It describes the transformation of food materials into new products through a series of biological and chemical reactions facilitated by microorganisms.

Food circulation (SS126000)

Food circulation, categorized into three dimensions: time (storage), space (transport) and wrapping (packaging) with a focus on loss reduction and safety maintenance, pertains to transportation engineering, food packaging and storage. It encompasses grains, vegetables, fruits, livestock, milk, eggs, and aquatic products.

Food circulation is a discipline that investigates the principles governing food storage, transportation, and packaging.

The primary task of food circulation is to extend the shelf life of food, enhance the efficiency of food transportation, and augment the value of ood through packaging.

Food circulation is classified as one of the 13 tier-3 subjects of shiology, and it encompasses three tier-4 subjects.

1. Food storage (SS126100): It is a subject that examines the duration of food storage and its governing principles.

2. Food transportation (SS126200): It is a discipline that focuses on the spatial mobility of food and its underlying principles.

3. Food packaging (SS126300): It is a subject that explores the production and application of external protective materials for food and their governing principles.

Shiance tools (SS127000)

Shiance tools encompass all tools essential for enhancing food labor efficiency, encompassing manual and power tools as well as varied equipment sizes. It originates from their role in manufacturing such tools. And it intertwines with the fabric of human civilization since its inception.Shiance tools is a subject that studies the improvement of the labor efficiency of shiance with the use of tools.

Shiance tools is to develop new equipment and tools, including digital platforms and other tools.

Shiance tools is one of the 13 tier-3 subjects of shiology and governs two tier-4 subjects.

1.Shiance manual tools (SS127100): It is a subject that explores the relationship between nonpowered tools and shiance efficiency.

2.Shiance power tools (SS127200): Itis a subject that studies the improvement of shiance efficiency by power tools.

Constructing a system of shiance order Shiance order, a means to mitigate human shiance conflicts, delineates the objective laws of rationality and continuity in human shiance behaviors. It underpins society's order, and the absence of shiance order results in disorder, and its disruption precipitates societal chaos.

Shiance order, a knowledge system endorsing the concept of "food as the head of government",is a fundamental discipline for maintaining the stability and progression of contemporary social order. The uneven distribution and possession of food and food resources significantly threat to human society. The objective of shiance order is to dismantle human-related elements and behaviors, thereby enhancing the contemporary societal order and promoting sustainable progression.

Shiance issues primarily arise due to improper practices, therefore the objective of the shiance order is to rectify these. This system underscores the reformation of improper shiance behaviors through coercion and indoctrination, while incorporating historical lessons. Its aim is to disseminate appropriate shiance behaviors, rectify improper ones, and establish a system that serves all global villagers. The construction of this order necessitates the collaboration of economics, law, administration, education, folklore, history, and other disciplines.

The system of shiance order includes three tier3 subjects and eight tier-4 subjects within shiology (Fig.4).

Shiance restriction (SS131000)

Shiance restriction, derived from addressing human improper shiance behavior, underscores corrective coercion, and pertains to fields like law, economics, and education. Restricting shiance via coercion rectifies human shiance issues. Individual improper shiance behaviours can impair physical health, societal behaviours foster social chaos, and group behaviours jeopardizes racial continuity. And people should restrict shiance behaviors of humanity and make them act properly.

Shiance restriction is a subject concerned with employing compulsory means to rectify improper shiance behaviors.

Shiance restriction is a tier-3 subject within shiology and governs four tier-4 subjects.

1.Shiance economics (SS131100): It is a subject focusing on the human distribution of food resources and the underlying principles.

2.Shiance law (SS131200): It is a subject that mandatorily regulates improper shiance behaviors of human beings.

3.Shiance administration (SS131300): It is a subject that examines the relationship between shiance activities and administrative bodies, as well

as the pertinent laws.

4.Shiance digital control (SS131400): It is a subject that explores the application of digital technologies to enhance labor efficiency, encompassing food production, food utilization, and shiance order efficiency.

Shiance edification (SS132000)

Shiance edification involves promoting accurate shiance behaviors and suppressing inappropriate ones. It encompasses vocational education for shiance industry workers and health education for eaters, stressing the preservation of beneficial shiance traditions and discarding detrimental customs, and utilizing past shiance lessons as guidelines to regulate human shiance behaviors and traverse the historical stage of "shiance civilization".

Shiance Edification is dedicated to the transmission of appropriate shiance behaviors and the rectification of improper shiance behaviors.

The goals of shiance Edification are to perpetuate proper shiance behaviors, to eliminate incorrect food acquisition behaviors, and to foster living in harmony with nature.

Shiance restriction is a tier-3 subject within shiology and governs two tier-4 subjects.

1.Shiology education (SS132100): It is a subject that studies the instruction and dissemination of shiology knowledge, examining the interaction between this knowledge and its recipients.

2.Shiance customs (SS132200): It is a subject that studies these patterns, their perpetuation, voluntary observance, and underlying principles.

Shiance history (SS133000)

The Shiance history stems from the human shiance past,emphasising on the review of predecessor shiance lessons and offering guidance for present generation shiance behaviours regulation, closely linked to history and literature. Shiance is a crucial part of human history, so that survival, growth, and continuity cannot be detached from shiance endeavours. Shiance history prompts us to recall and learn from the previous generation's shiance successes and failures, to steer our current shiance behaviours, preventing repeating past blunders.

Shiance history is a subject that examines past human activities related to food acquisition, eaters' needs, and shiance order and their outcomes.

The tasks of shiance history involve studying the records of shiance behaviors and their underlying principles.

Shiance history is a tier-3 subject within shiology and governs two tier-4 subjects.

1.Wild food acquisition history (SS133100): It is a subject that examines the behaviors of humans in the past regarding the acquisition and utilization of wild food and their outcomes.

2.Food domestication history (SS133200): It is a subject that explores the historical human activities of domesticating and utilizing food and their consequences.

Conclusion

The shiology system originates from objective perception, integrating related disciplines and other dispersed perception cognitions across diverse disciplines. By incorporating those outside the contemporary scientific realm, a comprehensive shiance system is formulated. This entire shiology system encapsulates the fundamental civilizational code of humanity, thereby influencing and directing the sustainable progression of human society.

Shiology's construction boosts the evolution of human shiance cognition, extending from food system to shiance system. This shift entails moving beyond the "block cognition" phase into the "holistic cognition" phase. As the Chinese proverb goes, "food is the paramount necessity of the people. " How paramount food for people's necessity. Shiology system interprets its connotation and extension. To solve shiance issues holistically, we need to ensure food security, enable people to eat healthy, and foster an enduring and stable society.

Shiology is an original Chinese independent system that constructs triangular relationships based on "eaters' needs - food acquisition - shiance order". The shiology system of "1-3-13-36" have been established in the massive cognition of shiance. A comprehensive set of 53 inclusion and juxtaposition relationships clarifies the vertical and horizontal directions, ensuring distinct boundaries without intersections. Consequently, the shiology system delineates the boundary between shiance and non-shiance issues.

Of the 17 SDGs, at least 13 are related to shiance issues. Sustainable development cannot be achieved unless shiance issues are effectively addressed. In the achievement of the 4th World Shiology Forum, it said that shiance issues are highly interrelated and integrated and thus concern many reas of global sustainable development. Therefore, people need a new knowledge system, shiology that covers all shiance issues related to the SDGs, to comprehensively cognize them and holistically govern them setting the eaters as the center of the approach, and thus promote the implementation of the 2030 Agenda (Chen Bowen,2023).

Confronting the intricacy and recalcitrance of contemporary shiance issues, we need to critically examine the discipline's theoretical underpinnings, address its theoretical underdevelopment, transcend the discipline's inherent limitations, and establish a comprehensive shiance cognitive system.

The proposed shiology system aims to systematically resolve shiance issues, integrate and intertwine related academic fields, bridge existing gaps, and construct an academic discipline-level knowledge establishment. The system under review constitutes the holistic approach to shiance cognition and represents the 1.0 version of the shiology system, which despite its shortcomings, necessitates further refinement and iteration.

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