Lu Yu - Zen tea a taste

Mountains on the water, river water, well water

Article: wings and fly, hair and go, [mouth to] that, these three were born in heaven and earth, drink and peck to live, drink when the righteousness of far away! If you want to save the thirst, drink the pulp; to alleviate worry and wrath, drink the wine; swinging sleep, drink the tea.

Tea for drinking, from Shennong's, heard in Lu Zhougong, Qi has Yan Ying, Han has Yang Xiong, Sima Xiangru, Wu has Wei Yao, Jin has Liu Kun, Zhang Zai, far from Zuna, Xie An, Zuo Si's disciples, all drink. Pang time dip custom, full of state dynasty, the two are and Jing Yu [Original Note: Yu, as Yu. Bayu also between, thought than the house of drink.

Drinking coarse tea, loose tea, end tea, cake tea. It is hacked, boiled, molten, pounded, stored in a bottle of percussion, to soup Wo Yan, called the [sick word under the head amen] tea. Or with onions, ginger, dates, orange peel, cornelian cherry, mint, etc., boiled in the hundred boiling, or Yang make slippery, or boiled to foam, the ditch between the discarded water ear, and the custom has not been.

In the theater! Tianyu have all things, all have the most wonderful, the people of the work, but hunting shallow. Sheltered by the house, the house is very fine; the clothing, clothing is very fine; the satiety of the diet, food and wine are very fine; [Translator's note: here there are off text] tea has nine difficulties: one said that the creation of the second said that the other, the third said that the device, the fourth said that the fire, the fifth said that the water, the sixth said that the sizzling, the seventh said that the end of the eight said that the cooking, the ninth said that the drink. Yin picking night baking, not made. Chewing flavor smell incense, not separate. Stinking tripod fishy ou, non-ware. Cream salary, not fire. Flying turbulence and congestion, not water. It's not a hot dish. The powder and misty dust are not powder. It is not cooking, it is not stirring, it is not boiling. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands dirty.

The most precious of these is the bowl of three; the second is the bowl of five.

The number of bowls is three if the number of guests is up to five, three bowls if the number is up to seven, five bowls if the number is up to seven, five bowls if the number is up to six, not about the number of bowls, but the number of queues is just one, and it is meaningful to make up for the queues.