◎"The Book of Tea" (Tang Lu Yu)
"The Book of Tea" is the world's first monograph on tea. It is divided into three volumes: the first, middle and second volumes, including the origin of tea, Ten chapters include tea-making utensils, tea picking and preparation, tea-making methods, tea affairs of the past dynasties, and the origin of tea. Rich and detailed content. Chapter 7, "Tea Matters," compiles records related to tea affairs from the ancient Shennong clan to the mid-Tang Dynasty for thousands of years. It systematically and comprehensively introduces the development and evolution of tea in ancient my country, which is of particular historical value.
◎"Daguan Tea Theory" (Zhao Ji, Song Dynasty)
"Daguan Tea Theory" is Zhao Ji's monograph on tea, which was written in the first year of Daguan (1107). There are twenty chapters in the book, which provide detailed descriptions of the origin, collection, cooking, quality, and tea-fighting customs of Steamed Green Tuan Tea in the Northern Song Dynasty. One of them, "Ordering Tea," contains insightful insights and profound discussions. From one aspect, it reflects the development of my country's tea industry and tea-making technology since the Northern Song Dynasty. It also leaves precious documents for us to understand the tea ceremony of the Song Dynasty.
◎"Tea Record" (Song Cai Xiang)
"Tea Record" was written by Cai Xiang who felt that Lu Yu's "Tea Classic" was "not inferior to Jian'an products" and specially presented it to the emperor. Recommended Beiyuan Tribute Tea. There are two chapters in total. The first chapter discusses tea, which includes color, aroma, taste, Tibetan tea, roasted tea, tencha, Luo tea, Hou tea, ① cup, and ten tea points. It mainly discusses the quality of tea soup and cooking and drinking methods. The next chapter discusses the utensils, which are divided into nine categories: tea roasting, tea cage, tea anvil, tea bell, tea grinder, tea roll, tea cup, teaspoon and soup bottle. It is the most influential treatise on tea after Lu Yu's "Tea Classic".
◎Yangxian Teapot Series (written by Zhou Gaoqi in [Ming Dynasty])
The book is a volume, except for the preface, divided into Chuangshi, Zhengshi, Jiajia, Mingjia, Yaliu, Shenpin and other sects are based on the quality of people. They list the pot makers and their styles, and discuss the clay products and the appropriate tea pots. Attached are two poems by Zhou Bogao, one by Lin Maozhi, and one by Yu Zhongmao. This book is an important work on the study of Yixing purple clay tea.
◎Boiled Spring Sketch (written by Tian Yiheng in [Ming Dynasty])
The whole book is divided into ten parts, with both description and textual research. The "Summary of the General Catalog of Sikuquanshu" states that it is "mostly an original text, which cannot be distinguished from "Shuipin" and "Tea Classic"." According to Tian Yiheng's preface to "Shuipin", it says: "I tasted "Zhuopin" "Quan Xiaozhu", there are three out of ten people who traveled to Wuxing who drew from Hongjian's "Tea Classic", and met Xu Boxen's "Shuipin", and the purpose of the rest is consistent with the purpose of the rest..." Because we know that the text of "Zhuo" comes first, and "Shuipin" Subsequently, how can we blame him for "failing to distinguish himself from "Shuipin"?
◎Cha Shu (written by Xu Cishu [Ming Dynasty])
Xu Cishu (1549~ 1604), whose courtesy name was Ranming and whose name was Nanhua. He was a native of Qiantang in the Ming Dynasty. According to "Dongcheng Miscellaneous Notes" written by E of the Qing Dynasty: "Xu Cishu... the youngest son of Fang Bomingshan Gong, was lame but could write. He was good at accumulating strange stones and good quality springs. He was also hospitable but not good at drinking... He wrote a lot of poems and articles, including two collections of "Xiaopinshi" and "Dangzhuzhai", which are now lost. I once obtained a volume of "Tea Book" written by him, and... I deeply understood Ming Ke's philosophy, which is similar to Lu Yu's "Tea Classic". "Xu Cishu was fond of tea tasting, and was taught by Yao Shaoxian of Wuxing, so he had a good understanding of tea theory. This book was written in the 25th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1597).
◎Tea Records ([Ming Dynasty] ] Zhang Yuan)
Zhang Yuan, courtesy name Boyuan, was born in Qiao Haishan, Baoshan (i.e. Dongting Xishan, in today’s Zhenze County, Jiangsu Province). He “hid in the valley, doing nothing, and practicing chanting every day. Baijiayan. Every time he had time to read the Expo, he would drink tea from the spring and enjoy himself. The endless summer heat has lasted for thirty years, and I have been exhausted and thinking about it, but I have never thought about the meaning of tea. "(Gu Dadian's "Tea Record. Qi Yin")
◎畕茶综合典 ([Qing Dynasty] Maoxiang compiled)
"畕茶集" is mostly based on Feng Kebin's " "Jie Tea Notes", also published in Xu Cishu's "Cha Shu" and Xiong Mingyu's "Luojie Tea Notes". There are Zhao Dynasty series books with preface and postscript written by Zhang Chao; there are four editions of Mao's sketches, Guangxu Yiyou ( Published in 1885); published in Mao's series of books and published in Guangxu Jihai (1899).
◎Collection of tea couplets (edited by Zhou Zuoren)
◎Poems about tea in the Tang Dynasty