Chapter IX · The Omissions: a close reading of the whole chapter
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Chapter IX · The Omissions is a chapter about tea, tools, and judgment. Read it as a sequence of practical judgments.
Passage
“As for the making tools: if at early spring, during the cold-food days, one gathers with many hands in a wild temple or mountain garden, steaming and pounding on the spot, then drying over fire — the seven implements can all be dispensed with.”
The passage is short. The judgment behind it is not.
Passage
“But in towns and noble households, if one of the twenty-four vessels is missing, the tea ceremony is spoiled.”
The passage is short. The judgment behind it is not.