The classic sentences of Lu Yu’s Tea Classic are as follows:

1. Tea is the Jiahe of the South. Three hundred miles east of Yongjia County, there is Baicha Mountain above the mountains, in the rivers, and under the wells. The fragrance of tea is tranquil but can reach far, and the tea drinker is indifferent but can clarify his ambition. If you want to quench your thirst, drink soup; if you want to relieve worries and boredom, drink alcohol; if you want to clear your mind, drink tea.

2. Its trees are like melons and reeds, with leaves like gardenias, flowers like white roses, and are actually like palm trees, with stems like cloves and roots like walnuts. The characters may come from grass, wood, or both. The first name is tea, the second name is 槚, the third name is 苞, the fourth name is Ming, and the fifth name is 荈. The purpose of tea is that it has a very cold taste, so it is most suitable for people who are wise and thrifty. If you have heat, thirst, nausea, brain pain, astringent eyes, weak limbs, and discomfort in all joints, take four or five sips of chat to compete with the glutinous rice wine and nectar.

3. Tea is made of fine wood in the south, ranging from one foot to two feet, or even dozens of feet. There are two people hugging each other in the Bashan Gorge, and they cut and break them. The trees are like melons and reeds, with leaves like gardenias, flowers like white roses, and are actually like palm trees, with stems like cloves and roots like walnuts.

4. Central Guizhou is home to Enzhou, Bozhou, Feizhou, and Yizhou; Jiangnan is home to Ezhou, Yuanzhou, and Jizhou; Lingnan is home to Fuzhou, Jianzhou, Shaozhou, and Xiangzhou. The eleven states of En, Bo, Fei, Yi, E, Yuan, Ji, Fuji, Jian, Quan, Shao and Xiang are unknown. It is often obtained and its taste is excellent. The purpose of tea is that it is cold in nature and is suitable for drinking. It is most suitable for people who practice thrift.