The three of you have talked about "why Jia Mu doesn't drink Lu'an tea", and I have something to say after studying
Creator Chen Weiqun (Editor-in-Chief of Chinese Tea Calendar)
Mr. Wang Meng, a famous writer and red scholar, said that "Dream of the Red Chamber" can never be read, analyzed, and discovered. He once chose the "smallest thing" in "Dream of the Red Chamber" to discover "Dream of the Red Chamber", mentioning Liu Xinwu, Wang Meng, and Wang Xufeng (three people) saying "Why doesn't Jia Mu drink Lu'an tea". Here's a first review with the reader.
Mr. Wang Meng said: In "Dream of the Red Chamber", Jia Mu took Liu Grandma, Baoyu, Daiyu, and Baochao to Drink Tea at Miaoyu's Li Cui Nunnery. Myo Yu on tea. Jia Mu said, "I don't eat Lu'an tea. Miao Yu smiled and said, "I know." This is the old Junmei. Based on this detail, Mr. Liu Xinwu guessed that Miao Yu was not an ordinary nun, but a girl from the family of a political figure in the original imperial court, and in the struggle of the imperial court, her family belonged to the losing side, and Miao Yu only chose to become a nun to protect herself. In fact, Miao Yu's family and the Jia family have long had various contacts, so Jia Mu's not drinking Lu'an tea is what Miao Yu already knew. Cao Xueqin, the author of "Dream of the Red Chamber", only used the details of Jia Mu's "not eating Lu'an tea" to prove that Miao Yu and Jia Mu were actually "on an equal footing".
After Mr. Wang Meng finished the "solution" of the famous writer Mr. Liu Xinwu, he looked at it from another perspective: "Jia Mu does not drink Lu'an tea". It is said that "during the Qing Dynasty, Lu'an (tea) was a tribute tea, a kind of tea commonly used in the imperial court. (Wang Meng guessed) The Qing Dynasty court used "Lu'an", which can show that Jia Mu often participated in political social activities when she was young, "She drank Lu'an and was injured, so she 'didn't drink Lu'an' later." It's an angle, unfounded. ”
Mr. Wang Meng also said that he recently consulted a tea expert and writer, Ms. Wang Xufeng. "Wang Xufeng is now teaching tea at Zhejiang University, and she said that 'Lu'an tea' that Jia Mu said here is now called 'Liu'an Gua Tablet'. Liu'an gua slices are green tea, which is a relatively fresh tea. What is the difference between Lu'an tea and other teas? She gave an example: 'You make a bowl of Lu'an tea and put it here, and then you put in a piece of braised pork, and the next day the meat may be gone.' Of course, it depends on how big the piece of meat is. But what this means is that this tea has a lot of staying power. Jia Mu did not drink Lu'an tea, not because she was tired of drinking it during the imperial court activities, but because Jia Mu was old. ”
All three of them have said "why doesn't Jia Mu drink Lu'an tea", and according to the "etiquette", it seems that I should not say it again. However, Mr. Wang Meng said, "'Dream of the Red Chamber' can never be read, never analyzed, and never discovered." This emboldened me, and of course I had my own meditation study, and when it came time for something to come out of my nostrils if I didn't say it, or to say it, it was to supplement the opinions of the three of you.
"Why doesn't Jia Mu drink Lu'an tea"? Readers are invited to join me in unraveling this mystery. First clarify a few points of consensus: Jia Mu said, "I don't eat Lu'an tea." The context and historical records of this statement should be no later than the death of Qianlong in the fourth year of Jiaqing (1799) of the Qing Dynasty; the name of the place of "Lu'an" also means "six places of peace, never rebel"; the "Lu'an tea" of the Qing Dynasty (Qianlong) period of the Ming Dynasty was all used as tribute tea; and so on.
First, Jia Mu said, "I don't eat Lu'an tea." "These words are in the early autumn season.
This Cao Xueqin gave the "clear weather", "folded chrysanthemums", "residual lotus", "eating eggplant every day" and "when the wind is refreshing" in "Dream of the Red Chamber" forty or forty-first times: "The weather is clear, Li Feng got up early in the morning, watching the old wives and servants sweep those fallen leaves, "Biyue had already held a large lotus leaf-style jade plate, which contained various colors of folded chrysanthemums. Bao Yu said, "These broken lotus leaves are hateful, why don't you let people pull them out?" Lin Daiyu said, I don't like Li Yishan's poem the most, I only like his sentence: 'Leave the lotus to listen to the sound of the rain'" Jia Mu laughed: "You rub some eggplant and feed him." Sister Feng heard that she had put some eggplant into Grandma Liu's mouth according to her words, because she laughed and said, "You eat eggplant every day, and you also taste our eggplant to make it delicious." "It's when the wind is clear."
Second, Jia Mu said, "I don't eat Lu'an tea." The context and historical basis of these words should be no later than qianlong's death in the fourth year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty (1799).
Cao Xueqin "himself said" for ten years, adding and deleting five times", it can be seen that it took ten years (1744-1753) Cao Xueqin to write from the age of 30 to 39, and wrote "Dream of the Red Chamber" in ten years. When "reading for ten years, adding and deleting five times", the first draft of "Dream of the Red Chamber" was completed in the nineteenth year of Qianlong (1754), and it was a full decade until Cao Xueqin's death. Later, several manuscripts were not spread until the late Qianlong Dynasty. And "context and historical records" will appear more later.
Third, the name of the place of "Lu'an" has both the meaning of "six places of peace, never rebellion" and the main changes of the "Lu'an" region.
The name of the place of Lu'an began with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in the second year of the Yuan Dynasty (121 BC), Liu An, the king of Huainan, and Liu Zhi, the king of Hengshan, committed suicide by plotting against them (the two kings). Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty changed the name of hengshan to the state of Liu'an (present-day Lu'an City and the counties of Lu'an, Huoqiu, and Jinzhai belonged to the State of Lu'an during the Han Dynasty), which also had the meaning of "peace in the six lands, never rebel". The historical process in the Tang Dynasty was divided into Luzhou and Shouzhou. In the Yuan Dynasty, it was divided into Lu'an Prefecture and Lu'an, Huoshan and Shucheng Counties. In the Ming Dynasty, Lu'an Prefecture and Huoshan and Shucheng Counties were established, and Lu'an County was incorporated into Lu'an Prefecture. In the Qing Dynasty, there were Lu'an Prefecture and Huoshan County. After the founding of new China, Lu'an City now has jurisdiction over huoqiu, jinzhai, huoshan and Shucheng counties and three districts of Jin'an, Yu'an and Yeji.
Fourth, "Lu'an tea", a variety referred to in the Ming and Qing dynasties, was mostly used in sacrifices.
In the Tang Dynasty, the "Lu'an" region belonged to Luzhou and Shouzhou, both of which were tribute tea producing areas recorded in the Tang Dynasty's New Book of Tang and Geographical Records. But from the Tang To the Song and Yuan Dynasties, there was no name for "Lu'an tea".
The tea with the name "Lu'an Tea" did not exist until the early years of the Ming Dynasty. Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's exclusive weight of Lu'an tea is "incineration", and Lu'an tea has become a sacrificial tea for royal ancestors. "Lu'an Zhou Zhi · Property": "Lu'an Zhou Nian Gong Bud Tea 200 bags, each bag weighs one pound and twelve two." Since the establishment of Huoshan County in the seventh year of Ming Hongzhi, it has been divided with a quota, with 25 bags of tea in the prefecture and 175 bags of tea in the county"; Wang Yingyun of the Ming Dynasty recorded this: At that time, "the tea used by the sun and the moon into the royal palace, the tea used in the sauce room and the cabinet, were all Lu'an tea." In the first year of the Wanli Dynasty (1573), Huang Shoujing of Huoshan ZhiXian made a "preface" to the "Huoshan County Chronicle" and praised the Lu'an tea people: those whose land and the boundary of Lu'an Prefecture produced bud tea. Meng Xia Zhi Shuo conferred tribute to the Holy Heavenly Son, burned incense to worship the table, Long Wen Jinyuan, the special official Chi Yi envoy, even reached Chang'an, and the title was huang Xuan Yue: Huoshan County Shou TuChen A Certain Tribute'". In the Ming Dynasty, Lu'an Prefecture had the highest tea tribute, reaching 300 catties, and the time limit for tribute was also very tight (short). "Lu'an tea" includes "Lu'an tea buds".
"Lu'an tea" was still listed as the first tribute tea in the Qing Dynasty. In the twenty-third year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1684), Feng Wen added one hundred bags, the prefecture undertook thirty-seven bags, counting sixty-four pounds and twelve two, and the county undertook two hundred and sixty-three bags, totaling four hundred and sixty pounds and four two. In the thirty-seventh year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1698), as the benchmark, "Huoshan County, Lu'an Prefecture, paid tribute to 300 bags of Lu'an bud tea every year." "However, this quota was soon raised. According to the "Qing Barnyard Banknotes": "The head of the ceremonial department, Huoshan County, Lu'an Prefecture, entered 700 catties of bud tea, counting 400 bags, and the bag weighed one pound and twelve." However, in the fifty-ninth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1720), another hundred bags of tribute tea were added; in the seventh year of Yongzheng (1729), the tribute was suspended for some reason. In the 10th year of Yongzheng (1732), two hundred bags of tribute tea were once again added. In the first year of Qianlong (1736), the imperial court actually increased the number of tribute teas to 720 bags. In the sixth year of Qianlong (1741), it was discussed by the Minister of Internal Affairs; the quota of 400 bags of tribute tea was taken as the standard, and the number of teas was not increased; this standard continued until the end of the Qing Dynasty. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the annual Lu'an bud tea was spent in the palace, and the number of Lu'an bud tea needed every month in the inner court tea house and various temples far exceeded the quota, so that the supply of Lu'an bud tea was in short supply every year; for this reason, many measures were also taken in the court. First of all, the Qianlong Emperor proposed that the supply of Lu'an tea used in the Buddhist Hall of Cining Palace and the Royal Garden Buddhist Hall be halved; the lu'an tea used in its various dojos and pharmacies with immortal medicinal tea was also halved by the general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Lu'an teas were: Lu'an tea and silver needle tea (belonging to Lu'an tea), Lu'an bud tea. In the thirty-fifth year of Qianlong (1770), according to the emperor's decree: the painting buddha lama in the main hall of the Zhongzheng Hall drew the four axes of the Longevity Buddha of Elysium, because there were not enough people at that time, a new Lama who painted the Buddha was added; among the dietary share given to this lama in the palace, there were two or two lu'an teas per month.
Well, now unveil the mystery of "why Jia Mu does not drink Lu'an tea". The original reason was that "Lu'an Tea" was used for sacrifice.
"Lu'an tea", because of the meaning of "six places of peace, never rebel", starting from Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming and Qing dynasties used the "six places of peace" of "six places of peace" for sacrifice. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the amount of Lu'an bud tea needed to be used every month far exceeded the quota, so that the supply of Lu'an bud tea was in short supply every year. This shows that Miaoyu's "Lu'an Tea" can only be obtained from the channel that the imperial court provides for Buddha and related uses, and it is really not easy for ordinary people to drink "Lu'an Tea". As for Jia Mu, the head of the Jia family who has a "Yuan Concubine", it is not necessary and categorical that he will not drink the "Lu'an Tea" that is offered to the Buddha or withdrawn after the offering to the Buddha.
