Photo: Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 Thesis Section 9 is not really about “贯削竹为之长二尺五寸以贯茶焙之”; it is about how Lu Yu turns tea from a local product into an object of argumen

Photo: Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 Thesis “焙凿地深二尺阔二尺五寸长一丈上作短墙高二尺泥” still has operational value at a contemporary tea table, provided Tang conditions are not silently uni

Photo: Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 Thesis Read through modern tea science, “焙凿地深二尺阔二尺五寸长一丈上作短墙高二尺泥” is not a lab result but a set of variables: cultivar, soil, light and

Photo: Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 Thesis The common mistake is to lift “襜一曰衣以油绢或雨衫单服败者为之以襜置承上又” out of its sentence and turn it into an absolute rule. Text "The c

Photo: Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 Thesis “襜一曰衣以油绢或雨衫单服败者为之以襜置承上又” only becomes legible inside Tang tribute tea, monastery tea and literati life. Text "The chan cl

Photo: Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 Thesis The key words in “焙凿地深二尺阔二尺五寸长一丈上作短墙高二尺泥” are not ornament. They mark where Tang tea names, vessels and provenance meet. Te

Photo: Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 Thesis “襜一曰衣以油绢或雨衫单服败者为之以襜置承上又” still has operational value at a contemporary tea table, provided Tang conditions are not silently uni

Photo: Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 Thesis Section 8 is not really about “焙凿地深二尺阔二尺五寸长一丈上作短墙高二尺泥”; it is about how Lu Yu turns tea from a local product into an object of

Photo: Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 Thesis Read through modern tea science, “襜一曰衣以油绢或雨衫单服败者为之以襜置承上又” is not a lab result but a set of variables: cultivar, soil, light and

Photo: Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 Thesis The common mistake is to lift “承一曰台一曰砧以石为之不然以槐桑木半埋地中遣” out of its sentence and turn it into an absolute rule. Text "The c

Photo: Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 Thesis The key words in “襜一曰衣以油绢或雨衫单服败者为之以襜置承上又” are not ornament. They mark where Tang tea names, vessels and provenance meet. Te

Photo: Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 Thesis “承一曰台一曰砧以石为之不然以槐桑木半埋地中遣” only becomes legible inside Tang tribute tea, monastery tea and literati life. Text "The cheng b

Photo: Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 Thesis “承一曰台一曰砧以石为之不然以槐桑木半埋地中遣” still has operational value at a contemporary tea table, provided Tang conditions are not silently uni

Photo: Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 Thesis Section 7 is not really about “襜一曰衣以油绢或雨衫单服败者为之以襜置承上又”; it is about how Lu Yu turns tea from a local product into an object of

Photo: Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 Thesis Read through modern tea science, “承一曰台一曰砧以石为之不然以槐桑木半埋地中遣” is not a lab result but a set of variables: cultivar, soil, light and

Photo: Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 Thesis The common mistake is to lift “规一曰模一曰棬以铁制之或圆或方或花” out of its sentence and turn it into an absolute rule. Text "The gui mo

Photo: Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 Thesis “规一曰模一曰棬以铁制之或圆或方或花” only becomes legible inside Tang tribute tea, monastery tea and literati life. Text "The gui mold, al

Photo: Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 Thesis The key words in “承一曰台一曰砧以石为之不然以槐桑木半埋地中遣” are not ornament. They mark where Tang tea names, vessels and provenance meet. Te

Photo: Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 Thesis Section 6 is not really about “承一曰台一曰砧以石为之不然以槐桑木半埋地中遣”; it is about how Lu Yu turns tea from a local product into an object of

Photo: Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 Thesis “规一曰模一曰棬以铁制之或圆或方或花” still has operational value at a contemporary tea table, provided Tang conditions are not silently universa