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Lu Yu (Hongjian)

Eminent Tang Dynasty scholar and Sage of Tea (733–804 CE), authored the Classic of Tea, founding the aesthetics and ritual practice of Chinese tea culture.

Also known as Lu Hongjian · Tea Sage · Sangzhu Weng · Jinglingzi

Lu Yu (733–804 CE), style name Hongjian, was a renowned Tang Dynasty scholar and the founding father of Chinese tea culture, revered as the Sage of Tea. His seminal three-volume treatise 'The Classic of Tea' (Cha Jing) was the world's first monograph on tea, transforming daily beverage consumption into a refined spiritual and aesthetic discipline.

Life and times

  1. 733 CEBornTang
  2. 804 CEDied

Works

  1. Literature · Prose14
    1. The Classic of TeaTangLu Yu's Tang monograph on tea in ten sections, from its origins and tools to brewing
    2. The Classic of Tea: OriginsTang
    3. The Classic of Tea: Part OneTang
    4. The Classic of Tea: Part TwoTang
    5. The Classic of Tea: Part ThreeTang
    6. +9 more
      1. The Classic of Tea: Tools for Making TeaTang
      2. The Classic of Tea: ManufactureTang
      3. The Classic of Tea: UtensilsTang
      4. The Classic of Tea: BrewingTang
      5. The Classic of Tea: DrinkingTang
      6. The Classic of Tea: Historical RecordsTang
      7. The Classic of Tea: Producing RegionsTang
      8. The Classic of Tea: SimplificationsTang
      9. The Classic of Tea: Displaying the TextTang