Chapter IV · The Vessels: One-page summary — For tea bowls, those of Yuezhou are best, Dingzhou and…
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The passage
“For tea bowls, those of Yuezhou are best, Dingzhou and Wuzhou next; of the Yuezhou type, Yue is finest, then Shouzhou and Hongzhou.”
One-page summary
One sentence: “For tea bowls, those of Yuezhou are best, Dingzhou and Wuzhou next; of the Yuezhou type, Yue is finest, then Shouzhou and Hongzhou.”
Three words: For tea bowls, those of Yuezhou are best, Dingzhou and…; Chapter IV · The Vessels; disciplined practice.
One action: next time you drink tea, ask about origin, harvest, and making before you ask about fame or price.
Reading note
Read the passage once for the image, once for the judgment, and once for the practice it implies.
Practice
- Name one thing the passage asks you to notice.
- Compare it with a tea you know.
- Keep the question open.