Chapter I · The Origin: Misreadings — The use of tea: its nature is extremely cold, and…
"The use of tea: its nature is extremely cold, and as a beverage it is most suited to men of disciplined conduct and frugal virtue."
Chapter I · The Origin: Making — As for the character, it is sometimes written with the…
"As for the character, it is sometimes written with the grass radical, sometimes with the tree radical, and sometimes with both."
Chapter I · The Origin: History — Wild tea is best; that of the garden is inferior…
"Wild tea is best; that of the garden is inferior. On sunny cliffs beneath shady woods, the purple buds are best and the green ones inferior; buds like bamboo shoots are best, slen
Chapter I · The Origin: One-page summary — Picked out of season, made carelessly, adulterated with wild weeds…
"Picked out of season, made carelessly, adulterated with wild weeds, drinking it brings illness. The harm of tea, too, is like that of ginseng."
Chapter I · The Origin: Taste and body — As for the ground: the finest tea grows in shattered…
"As for the ground: the finest tea grows in shattered rock, the middling in gravelly loam, and the inferior in yellow clay."
Chapter I · The Origin: Practice today — The use of tea: its nature is extremely cold, and…
"The use of tea: its nature is extremely cold, and as a beverage it is most suited to men of disciplined conduct and frugal virtue."
Chapter I · The Origin: Vessels and fire — As for the character, it is sometimes written with the…
"As for the character, it is sometimes written with the grass radical, sometimes with the tree radical, and sometimes with both."
Chapter I · The Origin: Misreadings — Wild tea is best; that of the garden is inferior…
"Wild tea is best; that of the garden is inferior. On sunny cliffs beneath shady woods, the purple buds are best and the green ones inferior; buds like bamboo shoots are best, slen
Chapter I · The Origin: Close reading — The finest ginseng grows in Shangdang, middling in Baekje and…
"The finest ginseng grows in Shangdang, middling in Baekje and Silla, and inferior in Goguryeo. That grown in Zezhou, Yizhou, Youzhou, and Tanzhou is useless as medicine — let alon
Chapter I · The Origin: History — As for the ground: the finest tea grows in shattered…
"As for the ground: the finest tea grows in shattered rock, the middling in gravelly loam, and the inferior in yellow clay."