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''The Classic of Tea'' or ''Tea Classic'' () is the first known monograph on tea in the world, by Chinese writer Lu Yu between 760 CE and 762 CE, during the Tang Dynasty.〔The Classic of Tea, introduced and translated by Francis Ross Carpenter, pp. 51-52. (Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown and Co., 1st ed., 1974.) ISBN 0-316-53450-1〕 Lu Yu's original work is lost; the earliest editions available date to the Ming Dynasty.〔ibid, p.52.〕 According to tea lore, Lu Yu was an orphan of Jinling county (now Tianmen City in Hubei Province) who was adopted by a Buddhist monk of the Dragon Cloud Monastery. He refused to take up the monastic robes and was assigned menial jobs by his stepfather. Lu Yu ran away and joined the circus as a clown. At age 14, Lu Yu was discovered by the local governor Li Qiwu, who offered Lu Yu the use of his library and the opportunity to study with a teacher. During the An Lushan and Shi Siming rebellion period, Lu Yu retired to Shaoqi (now Wuxing county, Zhejiang). Lu Yu made friends with many literati, including the calligrapher Yan Zhenqing and the poet Huangfu Zheng. For Lu Yu, tea symbolized the harmony and mysterious unity of the universe. "He invested the ''Ch'a Ching'' with the concept that dominated the religious thought of his age, whether Buddhist, Taoist, or Confucian: to see in the particular an expression of the universal".〔(Shapira, et al., 150)〕 In Lu Yu's hometown, Tianmen, there is an ancient styled tower named according to the classic in honour of the great writer. ==Huangfu Zheng's poem about Lu Yu== ''Saw Lu Yu off to Pick Tea'' ''Thousand mountains greeted my departing friend'' ''When spring tea blossoming again'' ''With indepth knowledge in picking tea'' ''Through morning mist or crimson evening clouds'' ''His solitary journey is my envy'' ''Rendezvous in a temple of a remote mountain'' ''We enjoyed picnic by a clear pebble fountain'' ''In this silent night'' ''Lit up a candle light'' ''I knocked a marble bell for chime'' ''While deep in thought for old time.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Classic of Tea」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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