tea grinder dated 896
unearthed from the Famen Temple
(in Fufeng, near Xi'an, Shaanxi province) in 1987

Session 14—Wed, Sep 28: Tang China ②: Cha jing tea manual (B)

Topics

❖ Graphics-based lecture introducing items related to Lu Yu's Tea Classic, Tang ceramics, tea-related paintings, tea utensils
❖ Small group work descerning important aspects of tea's role within the anecdotes and poems included in the Cha jing, and other Tang poetry.

Thoughts—read before class, revisit for tests

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Required—to be completed for today's session

✓ Read "Notations" "Generalities" "Plan of Book" (so the remainder of the pdf file): Tea Classic (Cha Jing) Lu Yu 760 [bSpace, PDF].

✓ View & read: Tang China Various [bSpace, PPT]

Multimedia notes

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Links

⇢ Here's a link to a collection of Tang dynasty tea-related poems (in Chinese): 茶的诗句

⇢ This is an online collection of Wang Wei poems (it claims to be a complete collection — I haven't confirmed). I have found four tea poems on this site. Complete Wang Wei Poetry

Other

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Feb 19, W S12
Feb 21, F S13
Feb 25, M S14
Feb 27, W S15
Mar 1, F S16
Mar 4, M S17
Mar 6, W S18-Midterm
Mar 8, F S19
Mar 11, M S20
Mar 13, W S21
Mar 15, F S22

Mar 18, M S23
Mar 20, W S24
Mar 22, F S25
Apr 1, M S26
Apr 3, W S27
Apr 5, F S28-Midterm
Apr 8, M S29
Apr 10, W S30
Apr 12, F S31
Apr 15, M S32
Apr 17, W S33
Apr 19, F S34

Apr 22, M S35
Apr 24, W S36
Apr 26, F S37
Apr 29, M S38-Midterm
May 1, W S39
May 3, F S40
May 6, M (RRR)
May 8, W (RRR)
May 10, F (RRR)

May 14, Tu FINAL