Chapter X · The Illustration: a close reading of the whole chapter
A close reading of Chapter X · The Illustration
Chapter VI · The Drinking: Text and editions — Gathering in shade and roasting by night is not true…
"Gathering in shade and roasting by night is not true making; tasting and sniffing is not true judging; rank-smelling vessels are not true utensils; greasy fuel and kitchen charcoa
Chapter V · The Brewing: Misreadings — Ladle it with a gourd dipper into the bowls. The…
"Ladle it with a gourd dipper into the bowls. The finest essence — from one sheng of boiling water, it is divided among five bowls."
Chapter VI · The Drinking: a close reading of the whole chapter
A close reading of Chapter VI · The Drinking
Chapter VI · The Drinking: Words and things — Those who cultivate tea may grow several hundred clumps; the…
"Those who cultivate tea may grow several hundred clumps; the tree like gualu, leaves like gardenia, flowers like white rose, fruit like palm."
Chapter V · The Brewing: History — When the water first boils — with bubbles like fish…
"When the water first boils — with bubbles like fish eyes and a faint sound — that is the first boil. When bubbles rise along the rim like a linked string of spring pearls, that is
Chapter V · The Brewing: One-page summary — The finest powder is fine as rice-grains; the inferior is…
"The finest powder is fine as rice-grains; the inferior is coarse as water-chestnuts."
Chapter VI · The Drinking: Plain reading — Some add scallion, ginger, jujube, tangerine peel, cornel, and mint…
"Some add scallion, ginger, jujube, tangerine peel, cornel, and mint, boiling it a hundred times, or stirring it slippery, or skimming off the froth. This is nothing but ditchwater
Chapter X · The Illustration: Close reading — Write it out on silk, in four or six panels…
"Write it out on silk, in four or six panels, and place them by your seat — then the Origin, the Implements, the Making, the Vessels, the Brewing, the Drinking, the History, the Pr
Chapter VI · The Drinking: Commentary — Gathering in shade and roasting by night is not true…
"Gathering in shade and roasting by night is not true making; tasting and sniffing is not true judging; rank-smelling vessels are not true utensils; greasy fuel and kitchen charcoa