The classic of tea : origins & rituals / by Lu Yü ; translated and introduced by Francis Ross Carpenter, and illustrated by Demi Hitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lu, Yu, 733-804.

Contributor:

Carpenter, Francis Ross.

Hitz, Demi.

Nick Malgieri Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Cha jing. English

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Tea--Early works to 1800.

Tea.

Tea--China--History.

China.

History.

Genre:

Early works.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Malgieri, Nick (donor) (Malgieri Collection copy)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, x, 177 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Edition:

[First Ecco edition].

Place of Publication:

[Hopewell, New Jersey] : [The Ecco Press] ; [New York]: [Distributed by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.], [©1974.]

Summary:

"Written during the eighth century's T'ang Dynasty, Lu Yü's Ch'a Ching, or The Classic of Tea, has, for over one thousand years, provided tea drinkers with practical and spiritual knowledge of the art of tea-brewing, and is the text primarily responsible for elevating the drinking of tea to its unique place of veneration in Chinese life."--Publisher description.

Contents:

Introduction. The Story of Tea East and West. Tea: a mirror of China's soul; Tea until Lu Yü's time: the evidence of language; Tea from the T'ang to the Ming: its botany, culture and manufacture; The West comes to tea; The life and times of Lu Yü

The Classic of Tea. Part One. The beginnings of tea; The tools of tea; The manufacture of tea

The Classic of Tea. Part Two. The équipage

The Classic of Tea. Part Three. The brewing of tea; Drinking the tea; Notations on tea; Tea-producing areas; Generalities; Plan of the book.

Notes:

"This edition published by arrangement with Little, Brown and Company."

"First Ecco Edition."

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Nick Malgieri Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Nick Malgieri.

Malgieri Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

ISBN:

0880014164 :

9780880014168

OCLC:

33817088