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1845: 1903: 1766: 1787: 121:, Emperor Huizong provided the most detailed, vivid and masterful description of the Song dynasty technique of tea spotting. The Emperor also laid down seven criteria for 1276: 136:
is a key document for understanding the most sophisticated tea ceremony in Chinese history. It stands as the monumental treatise on tea after
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Treatise on Tea
simplified Chinese




traditional Chinese




pinyin
Huizong
Song dynasty
tea
tea ceremony
Anji Bai Cha
White Tea
jade
Tea Competitions
Lu Yu
The Classic of Tea
ISBN
978-0-521-18680-3
"Treatise on Tea"
era name
Emperor Huizong of Song
English translation with translator's notes
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