The Great Voyage Volume 90: "The Basics of Tea: The Revelation of Lu Yu Tea Classic", by Zhou Chonglin and produced by Pu Rui Culture.
A cup is a pine rain bamboo forest for twenty years, forget the green ant new peach blossom three or two branches, gently shake a fan, for the deceased to come, but see the long pavilion blowing willow silk, only the bird still knows to come to you Hu not return, I desire to see the eyes and want to wear, Shi Ding pan-fried incense washed all the dust, wash can not enjoy the only, a pot of tea half collapsed dream ...
When reading, with this song "Tea", the effect is even better.
Whether it is "Qinqi Calligraphy and Painting Poetry Wine Tea" or "Chai Rice Oil Salt Sauce Vinegar Tea", tea has never been far away from the life of Chinese. Xin ugly new year, sting once over, green buds sprouting, first primrose early. It is the new tea season again, I have to say that this year's temperature warms up early, the sky is beautiful, it is really a good grasp of the new year, the earth is new green, the tea farmers in the tea garden in the spring are busy, seize the short golden period of this year, pick the best quality spring tea. Spring tea to the early for the victory, to the new is expensive, tea lovers, tea lovers every march, will feel shaoguang, people who understand tea know that it is not easy to come by, full of expectations to drink a cup of new tea this full of spring intentions, with the spring covenant. In my opinion, drinking tea is the same as reading, some people will be very single-minded, from one end to the end, loyal; some people will have a variety of tastes, choose with fate, and be at ease with the encounter, I belong to the latter, in the unbridled tea fragrance of life' wandering skeletons, mountain freedom.
Spring tasting longjing or finch tongue, summer drinking monkey kui or melon slices, enough to comfort half a lifetime; autumn to enjoy rock tea or jasmine, winter small seeds or Pu'er, like that thick and long. I always like to change the sample according to the season to taste the new tea, except for the morning every day, the rest of the time basically do not drink white water tea without leaving the mouth, so some friends say that I am like "tea eggs", every day by the tea water soaked. My hometown is not a place where tea is produced, so I have traveled to many tea towns, Such as Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, etc., to see the land that can grow this "magic leaf", and I have also specially visited the national tea museum. Is tea drinking exquisite? Naturally, there are also some, exquisite to the extreme, it has become a "tea ceremony". Space and time, water and fire, utensils and temperature, can affect the taste of tea soup, but even if you do not understand these forms and methods, tea is still a drink that can heal the body and mind, not to mention the method of brewing tea and tasting tea, and different tea people have thousands of statements in their hearts.
I want to stay at home and sit on a pot of tea. If you have money, you will eat meat, and you will have nothing to see plum blossoms. ------------------
Speaking of tea, a monograph has to be mentioned - "Tea Classic", written by Tang Luyu, known as the Tea Encyclopedia, is the first monograph in Chinese history to introduce tea most completely and comprehensively, including historical poetry, easy to learn Gossip, Feng Shui people's hearts, cultivation of the Tao, Chinese medicine Dan Dao, with the heart of rigorous tea to point out the principle of Chinese tea ceremony, in the tea making scriptures to integrate the tea people's sentiments, with tea theory to understand the living culture of the tea ceremony, both historical value, cultural value and even artistic value, is an epoch-making tea monograph, Incisive agricultural works have introduced tea culture to the world, integrated Confucianism and Taoism into tea, upgraded ordinary tea to a wonderful culture and art, and promoted the development of Chinese tea culture, which can be called a tea classic.
Portrait of Tea Saint Lu Yu
"Don't envy the golden cup, don't envy the white jade cup." Do not envy the dynasty into the province, do not envy the twilight into Taiwan. Thousands of envy of the West River, once to the City of Jinling" Lu Yu's poems fully show the influence of his thoughts, he was born in the mountains and forests, his life was accomplished, but also in the mountains and forests, he has a deep hermit mark on him. During the reign of Emperor Suzong of Tang, he was appointed as the Prince of Literature, and later changed to Taizhu of Taichang Temple, and he resigned from his official position, but instead between the five lakes and the sea of smoke, he became friends with the poet monk Jiaoran, the hermit Zhang Zhihe and others, and lived the secluded days into poetry. He is indifferent to fame and fortune and loves the landscape, and it is precisely because of this that he has the ambition to study tea.
The "Tea Classic" was the first to be the custom of tea book monographs, and Cai Xiang in the Northern Song Dynasty felt that the "tea classic" was "not the first Jian'an product", because of the writing of the "Tea Record", the well "book to the stone, in order to eternally pass on". In the first year of the Northern Song Dynasty, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty wrote "On Daguan Tea" by Zhao Tuo, depicting the technique of tea pointing. The Southern Song Dynasty's "Tea Set Tuzan" is a rare illustrated encyclopedia of tea sets with meticulous pictures and novel writing methods. In 2021, tea culture scholar Zhou Chonglin immersed himself in 15 years of study, referring in detail to more than 40 versions of ancient and modern times, writing "The Basics of Tea: The Revelation of The Tea Sutra of Lu Yu", using 100,000 words to annotate the 7,000-word "Tea Classic", bringing readers the original "Tea Classic" reading book, directly to the core of the "Tea Classic", so that you can read Chinese tea culture in one book.
The Basics of Tea: The Revelation of the Lu Yu Tea Sutra
Zhou Chonglin, the author of the book "The Basics of Tea", is a famous tea culture scholar and writer, whose representative works include "Tea War" and "Tea Fan of the Republic of China". Participated in the writing of the article "Tea Industry Supports the Dream of Poverty Alleviation and Prosperity in Yunnan Ethnic Minority Areas" was selected for the 2020 college entrance examination language test, I was the "Basics of Chinese Tea" produced by the MOOK magazine team in Zhizhong to understand Teacher Zhou, at that time immediately went to pay attention to his Weibo, and then there was free time to look at his updated article, his life is the envy of every tea lover, he drinks tea, reads tea, says tea, writes tea, walks the tea horse ancient road, wears tea clothes, visits the tea market, visits the tea exhibition, climbs the tea mountain, and holds a tea party. Seeing tea people, tea customers, tea merchants, entering tea houses and tea shops, I think he will also have tea aroma in the dreams he has made over the years.
When you read the "Tea Classic", you will find that there are many strange words and some professional obscure tea language in the book, and those who do not know much will be very confused. Nowadays, when we go to the bookstore, we will see many versions of the "Tea Classic", but the quality is uneven, and some even have errors in content. This urgently calls on a professional to publish an accurate interpretation of the Tea Classic for the benefit of readers. Teacher Zhou Chonglin's "The Basics of Tea: The Revelation of Lu Yu's Tea Classic" is such a book, his collection of books on tea culture, especially various annotations of the "Tea Classic", not only have versions from all over China and various eras, but also ancient versions purchased from Japan and other countries with heavy money, which can be described as a wide range of books and eclectic, and word by word to examine the evidence, and strive to restore the original meaning of Lu Yu's writing. As Teacher Zhou Chonglin said: "Sincerely speaking, "The Basics of Tea" is the one that I have been writing for the longest time, the most expensive, and the most energy-damaging. It took a long time to first read the books of the predecessors, and then to select the most appropriate word in each edition, and finally to give these expressions of contemporary power, which effectively avoided personal arrogance and deception. ”
Teacher Zhou Chonglin
In the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhang Zai famously said, "Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open up peace for all the worlds", and the book "The Basics of Tea: The Revelation of The Tea Sutra of Lu Yu" is the huge work of Teacher Zhou Chonglin for the continuation of the study of the saints. Teacher Zhou Chonglin was able to write this book "The Basics of Tea", and he once revealed the bibliography of references in an interview, mainly including Song Baichuan Xuehai Ben, Ming Wu Dan Carved Ben, Ming Yu Ming Tang Ben, Ming Zheng Si Ben, Qing Botanical Name And True Picture Examination Chief Compilation, Republic of China Zhang Zongxiang School Sayings, Re-engraving "Lu Zi Tea Classic", Deng Naipeng 'Tea Classic Commentary", Zhang Fangci and other "Tea Classics Translation", Fu Shuqin, Ouyang Xun "Lu Yu Tea Classic Translation Notes", Cai Jiade, Lü Weixin "Tea Classics Translation", Wu Juenong's "Tea Classics Commentary", Zhou Jingmin's "Lu Yu Tea Classics School Notes" Zhang Xunqi's "Tea Talk and Tea Classic", Zhang Hongyong's editing of Lu Yu's complete book, Lin Ruixuan's "Lu Yu Tea Classic Lecture", Cheng Qikun's "Lu Yu Tea Sutra Interpretation and Point School", Shen Dongmei's "Tea Classics School Notes", Fang Jian's "Correction of the Complete Collection of Chinese Tea Books", Qiu Jiping's "Tea Classics Illustrations", Zhou Zhigang's "Lu Yu Annals", Yang Duojie's "New Interpretation of the Tea Classics", Wu Maoqi and other "Interpretation of the Tea Classics". Even overseas are the Zen master Daidian "Tea Sutra", Springfield Naganian's "Tea Vessel Illustration", Ouchi Baiyue's "Tea Sutra", Fujimon Takashi's "Tea Sutra", Morioka's "Tea Sutra Commentary", Aoki Masao's "Chinese Tea Book", Bumu Shiobi's "Detailed Explanation of the Tea Sutra", and Narita Shigeyuki's "Tea Saint Lu Yu".
The book "The Basics of Tea: The Revelation of Lu Yu's Tea Sutra" is joyful at the beginning of the book, and on the weekend of Xin Ugly Mengchun, I have tea, there is music, and there are books, which is the greatest richness and the best cure when I am alone. As the saying goes, tea is beneficial, tea has great benefits, in ancient myths and legends, the Yandi Shennong clan that can make the sun shine taught people to sow grains and discovered the effect of drinking tea. This legend was recorded by Lu Yu in the Tea Classic: "Tea is for drinking, and it originates from the Shennong clan." There is also a saying that "tea tea is long-serving, powerful and pleasant", Chinese tea was first produced in the southwest region, and before tea was enjoyed as a drink, tea was taken by people as a traditional Chinese medicine.
Eat tea and read idle books, listen to the rain and watch the flowers fall. Thoughts rise from the heart, and the wind passes before the eyes.
In the preface, Teacher Zhou Chonglin discussed Lu Yu's proposal of "the layman has more wine, who helps the tea fragrance", in fact, in the cultural consumption customs of Chinese, tea and wine are not separated, as Dongpo said, "and the new fire will be tried for new tea, poetry and wine to take advantage of the years", tea and wine, one yin and one yang, can understand the Chinese life. There is also a saying in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms about replacing wine with tea: "Every time Hao feasts, there is no end to the day." The seat is incompetent, and the rate is limited to seven liters. Although I don't know the entrance, I have all watered and taken out... Obsidian drinks only two liters of alcohol, and when the first ceremony is seen, it is often cut or secretly given tea as wine. It tells a story about the last emperor of Sun Wu, Sun Haoxi, who drank wine, and in order to make Wei Yao, a courtier who was invincible, not be embarrassed at the banquet, he would replace Wei Yao's wine glass in advance and use tea to replace the wine. In fact, from ancient times to the present, tea is the trend of the beverage industry, tea in human history is not only a pleasant flavor of the drink, but to a certain extent has become the driving force for the development of the world's financial and trading system, and even one of the important promoters for the establishment of the British Empire. So, please drink less alcohol and drink more tea for the sake of health.
Today's society is efficient, high-paced, "996", hit workers... Everyone can freely arrange their own life time is very small, you can sit down and rest quietly, this is actually more difficult, and tea can be the best companion you can come by. All good lives, there are many that are not easy to pave. Today's life that people painstakingly create, drinking a good cup of tea is the best comfort. A cup of spring tea is the best reward for yourself, for this era. Whether it is in the sunny or spring rainy days, brew a cup of spring tea and watch the tea "floating and sinking" in the boiling water, this is just like life. Tea buds stand upright, the soup color is clear, yellow and green are bright, the tea fragrance is full of new hope, under the careful tasting, everyone will see the most beautiful spring in their hearts.