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Tea Sage Lu Yu

Lu Yu, also known as Hongjian, was born in Jingling (Tianmen, Hubei Province) of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. I don’t know where he was born, but a monk took him in. Once he grew up, he was able to make a living by himself. , the Jian hexagram said: "Hongjian came to Lu, and his feathers can be used as rituals." He named Lu as his surname. He was smart, handsome, versatile, learned, eloquent, and witty. He was ordered to pay homage to the prince's literature. When he was not employed, he lived in hiding in Tiao River and called himself Mulberry Weng. Yu was addicted to tea and invented the method of making tea. He wrote three scriptures describing the origin, method and equipment of tea, and the world became more aware of tea drinking.

At that time, tea was brewed in pottery with an image of him, which was placed in the middle of the wall and worshiped as the tea god. The people respected him as the tea sage.

Lu Yu's courtesy name was Hongjian, whose given name was Ji, and whose given name was Jizhi, which means Fuzhou. Jingling native (in today's Tianmen County, Hubei Province) was born between the reigns of Tang Xuanzong and Tang Dezong (AD 733~804). He was in his seventies. He was a very long-lived person in ancient times, but his life was very rough. When he was young, he was abandoned by his parents by the river and was adopted by Zen Master Zhiji of Longgai Temple. In the temple, he not only learned to read, but also learned how to cook tea. Although Lu Yu had poor appearance and a stutter in his speech, he was intelligent, studious, humorous and witty. , if Dongfang Manqian is an orphan, he has no surname or name. Once, he used the "Book of Changes" for divination and got a hexagram: Hongjian came to the land, and his feathers can be used for rituals. This means: The water bird has arrived. Gaopingdi, its feathers can be made into props for cultural dances. Lu Yu saw that this was a lucky hexagram and it was consistent with his life experience. He was very happy, so he named Lu as his surname, Yu as his given name, and Hongjian as his character.

He was the first person in my country to write the "Tea Classic" and carry forward the art of tea. Later generations of tea traders regarded him as the "God of Tea". There are very few records about Lu Yu’s life. According to legend, Lu Yu was raised by Zen Master Zhiji, an old monk from Longgai Temple in Jingling. Lu Yu began to study the art of tea cooking when he was at Longgai Temple. Zen Master Zhiji, who adopted him, drank tea every day. The tea was cooked by Lu Yu himself. After Lu Yu left Longgai Temple, he did not return to Jingling for about four or five years. Zen Master Zhiji did not drink tea for four or five years. This incident was reported by Emperor Tang Daizong at that time. Knowing this, he summoned Zen Master Zhiji and ordered the palace maid who was the best at making tea among the officials to make tea for him. However, Zen Master Zhiji stopped drinking after one sip. The emperor suspected that Zen Master Zhiji was deliberately being pretentious. He ordered people to visit Lu Yu privately, and then gave the tea cooked by Lu Yu to Zen Master Zhiji to taste. After taking a sip, Zen Master Zhiji said: "This cup of tea looks a bit like the tea cooked by his disciple Lu Hongjian." The emperor was surprised and surprised when he heard this. He sighed, thinking that Lu Yu's tea-making skills and Zen Master Zhiji's tea-tasting skills were both ranked first, so he asked them to meet and reunite.

Lu Yu was ridiculed as a tea doctor. According to the "Fengshi Hearing and Seeing Notes": When Li Jiqing, the imperial censor, visited Huainan, he came to Linzhun County Hall. Since the tea ceremony was already very popular at that time, someone suggested to Li Jiqing to invite Chang Boxiong came to perform tea making, and Ji Qing readily agreed. Boxiong came wearing a yellow shirt and a black gauze hat. During the performance, he held a tea utensil in his hand and told the name of the tea in detail. Everyone was very impressed. Ji Qing reluctantly drank two cups of the brewed tea. When he arrived in Jiangnan, someone recommended the more famous Lu Yu to him. Lu Yu came wearing casual clothes and brought a tea set. When he sat down, he acted like Chang Boxiong again. Ji Qing despised him in his heart. As soon as Lu Yu finished cooking the tea, he ordered his slave to give thirty coins to Dr. Cha, which meant a reward for the shopkeeper who made the tea.

Lu Yu’s ability to distinguish water is recorded in the "Jiancha Shui Ji": During the reign of Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty (reigned from 762 to 779 AD), Li Jiqing was the governor of the state. When he came to Weiyang, he happened to meet Lu Yu. Qing was already familiar with Lu Yu's name, and they had a pleasant conversation. When he went to Huzhou one day, during a meal, Ji Qing said: "Sir, he is good at making tea, and is famous all over the world. Lingshui from the south of the Yangtze River is also a top quality, and now it is a famous tea." It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to encounter a famous spring. It's an opportunity not to be missed. Please make tea for us and others to enjoy it." After saying that, he ordered his reliable subordinates to take water bottles and drive the boat to the center of the Yangtze River to get Nanling. Water, Lu Yu prepared the tea utensils and waited. Soon the water came. Lu Yu used a wooden ladle to raise the water and said: "It is the water of the Yangtze River, but it is not the water of Nanling in the center of the Yangtze River. It seems to be the water of the riverside."

The sergeant who fetched water argued: "I drove the boat deep into the middle of the river to fetch water. Everyone witnessed it. How can it be false?" Lu Yu did not answer, poured the water into the water, poured it halfway, stopped, Then he used a ladle to lift water and said, "What's left at the bottom is Nanling water." The sergeant was horrified and confessed, "When I took water from the center of the Nanling River and returned to the shore, the water was so strong that the boat vibrated too much, and half of the bottle was filled with water. "I was afraid that there was too little water, so I took water from the shore to supplement it. The virgin was really a genius, and I didn't dare to lie." Li Jiqing and dozens of guests were all shocked.