When was Lu Yu from, and what was his title?

Lu Yu (733-804), a native of Jinglingzi, Sangzhuweng, Donggangzi and Jingling (now Tianmen, Hubei Province), is world-famous for his first monograph on tea studies, Tea Classic, and has made outstanding contributions to the development of tea industry in China and the world. He is also very good at writing poems, but his poems are few in the world at present.

Lu Yu was originally an abandoned orphan. At the age of three, she was taken in by Master Zhiji, the abbot of Jingling Longgai Temple on the bank of the local West Lake. Ji Gong named the child after the Book of Changes, and took the "gradual" divination. Divination said, "Hung-chien was born on the ground, and his feathers can be used as tools.". So according to the hexagrams, his names are Lu, Yu and Hung-chien. Lu Yu learned to read Chinese, recite Buddhist scriptures, and learn to make tea with yellow scrolls and chimes. Although living in the pure land of Buddhism and hearing Sanskrit every day, Lu Yu was unwilling to convert to Buddhism and cut his hair and become a monk.

When he was nine years old, Master Zhiji once asked him to copy the scriptures and recite the Buddha, but Lu Yu asked, "A disciple is born without a brother and dies without an heir." Confucianism says there are three kinds of unfilial, and there is no queen. Can monks be called filial piety? And openly said: "Yu will give Kong Sheng's text." . The abbot was very angry, so he punished him with heavy "cheap work" and forced him to repent and turn back. Lu Yu was sent to "sweep the temple, build a monk's toilet, build a mud wall, build a tile house, and herd cattle with one hundred and twenty hooves". Instead of being discouraged and giving in, Lu Yu became more eager for knowledge. He learned Chinese characters without paper, and used bamboo to draw cattle backs as books. Occasionally, he won Zhang Heng's Du Nan Fu. Although he didn't know its words, he sat in danger and read aloud. When Jigong learned about it, he was afraid that he would be influenced by foreign classics and lose his education. And put him in a temple, let him cut flowers and let the elders take care of him.

In a blink of an eye, Lu Yu 12 years old, feeling that the sun and the moon in the temple are hard to cross. He unexpectedly escaped from Longgai Temple, learned acting in a troupe and became an actor. Although he is ugly and stutters, he is humorous and plays the clown very successfully. Later, he wrote three volumes of jokes.

As the saying goes, Renji has his own nature, and Lu Yu is no exception. In the fifth year of Tang Tianbao, Richie, the satrap of Jingling, saw Lu Yu's outstanding performance at a state party, and appreciated his talent and ambition very much. He immediately gave him a book of poems and recommended him to study in Zou Fuzi, who lived in seclusion in Huomen Mountain. In the 11th year of Tianbao (AD 752), Cui, a doctor of rites, was demoted to Sima Jingling. That year, Lu Yu said goodbye to Master Zou. Cui and Yu met, and they often walked together, drinking tea and talking about poetry and papers. In the fifteenth year of Tianbao, Lu Yu went to Bashanxia and Sichuan to inspect tea affairs. Before leaving, Cui presented a white donkey, a black cow and a letter from Wen Huailai. Along the way, he went to Ma's place to pick tea on every mountain, and met the crystal water in the saddle under the spring. He was busy watching, visiting and writing down pens, and his nib was full. In the first year of Gan Yuan, Tang Suzong (AD 758), Lu Yu came to Shengzhou (now Nanjing, Jiangsu) and lived in qixia temple to study tea affairs. The next year, I lived in Danyang. In the first year of Shangyuan in the Tang Dynasty (AD 760), Lu Yu came to Tiaoxi (now Xing Wu, Zhejiang) from the foothills of Qixia, lived in seclusion in the mountains and wrote the Tea Classics. During this period, I often walk alone in the wild, go deep into the farmhouse, pick tea, find springs, evaluate tea, or recite scriptures and poems, hit trees with a stick, run water with my hands, and hesitate. I cry every time it gets dark. People call it "Chu Kuang meets jade".

He was once worshipped as a prince's literature and served as Dafu of Taichang Temple, but neither of them took office.

Lu Yu despised the powerful, ignored wealth, loved nature and upheld justice all his life. There is a song by Lu Yu in the whole Tang Dynasty, which reflects his qualities:

Don't envy the gold base,

Don't envy the white jade cup,

Don't envy entering the province,

Don't envy the stage at dusk;

Envy Xihe,

I have been to Jingling City.

Lu Yu's Tea Classic is a systematic summary of scientific knowledge and practical experience about tea before and after the Tang Dynasty. It is the crystallization of Lu Yu's hard work, perseverance, first-hand information on tea production and extensive collection of books and tea collectors' experience. As soon as {Tea Classic} came out, it was cherished and loved by all previous dynasties, and praised his pioneering work for the tea industry.

In addition to describing the distribution and evaluating the quality of tea, many famous teas were first discovered by Lu Yu. For example, the ancient bamboo purple bamboo shoot tea of Zhejiang Great Wall (now Changxing County) was rated as top grade by Lu Yu and later listed as tribute tea; Yangxian tea in Yixing County (Yixing, Jiangsu Province) was directly recommended by Lu Yu. (Rebuilding Yixing Teahouse) contains: "Li Xi in ancient times is the state, and there are people offering beautiful tea in Shanhaiguan. Tourists taste it. Savage Lu Yu thinks it is fragrant and sweet, ranking first in other places, and can recommend it to the world. From this, Yun Qi began to enter 12,000, which is also the origin. "

Many ancient books also recorded the magical legend of Lu Yujing's tea tasting. Zhang Tang heart has described Lu Yu in "Fried Tea":

Li Jiqing, a member of the Clan Dynasty, came to Weiyang (now Yangzhou, Jiangsu) and met Chu Shi Hung-chien. Li Su is very familiar with place names, so he rushed to the county seat and parked his car at Yangzigang. Yes, Li said: Lu Jun's good tea is well known all over the world. This situation is unique in the south. Today is two wonderful things, once in a thousand years, why not! "Command sergeant believe, hold a bottle of boat, deep into the south. The sharp weapon began to land. When the water level is low, the land will scoop up the water; A river is a river that is not south of zero, such as water on the shore. The envoy said, "Let the boat go deep into the trough, and those who see it will be tired and dare to waste it." . Lu didn't say anything, but emptied the pot. Halfway through, Lu was stopped. He said, "From then on, the south will return to zero!" " "The ambassador made a terrible mistake. He said,' A ship is sailing from the south to the shore, and half of it is afraid. If the coast is exposed, the water level will rise, and Chu Shi can learn from it. "How dare you hide?" Li Hebin was startled by dozens of people. When asked about Lu Zhishen, in this way, the pros and cons can be judged after the bottom comes out. Lu said: Chu water is the first, and Jin water is the lowest. Li Yin, dictation for the second time. "(Biography of the New Tang Dynasty) (Biography of Lu Yu), I also remember this incident, but when it comes to Li Jiqing summoning Lu Yu," Feather clothes and wild clothes, armed to the teeth, you're welcome, feather clothes are ashamed, and even more {the theory of destroying tea} ".

Lu Yu died, and later generations respected him as the "tea god", which began in the late Tang Dynasty. Zhao Lin, the secretariat of Yazhou in Tang Dynasty, was closely related to Lu Yu. In his book, he said that Lu Yu loved tea and created a method of frying tea. Up to now, it is the hometown of dew tea. Tao Ruzhi, put it in the pot and make tea. Tang Lizhao's (Supplement to National History) also said that Lu Yu, especially the tea artist, was a porcelain doll named Lu Hung-chien in Gongxian County. He bought dozens of tea sets and got a Hung-chien. It's not good for city people to sell tea, so they have to pour it. "