The Record of Tea
The Chinese book Chalu (Chinese茶 录/茶 录, Pinyin Chalu, " reports of tea " ') of the calligrapher and scholar officials Cai Xiang (蔡襄) ( 1012-1067 ) is a valuable document of Chinese tea culture. It was in the 12th year ( 1051 ) the Huangyou (皇 佑) era of the Emperor Renzong ( 1049-1054 ) of the Northern Song Dynasty and written in two volumes ( bian ).
Another name (zi ) of the author was Junmo (君 谟/君 谟). The author comes from Xianyou (仙游) in Fujian Province. He was an official of Jianzhou (建州) in Fujian and government official of the Fujian Province. During Qingli (庆历) era of the Emperor Renzong ( 1041-1048 ) he served as Commissioner of tea for tea Tribute and its transport.
He paved the way for the famous big and small "dragon cake " ( Daxiao longtuan大小 龙 团), ie the tea - tribute to the emperor.
Content
According to his preface, the Jian'an (建安) tea products are not mentioned in the book named chajing (茶 经) by Lu Yu (陆羽) and Chatu (茶 图) by Ding Wei (丁 谓) 'll just picking and production discussed. His book was intended as a complement to the existing in his time tea monographs. He reported it to the many products that he met on his inspection trips to different places. In the first volume we talk about the tea, the second tea utensils, the tea from Fujian Province is discussed in great detail.
Table of Contents
- Part I ( shang bian上 篇)
- About Tea ( luncha论 茶)
- Color ( se色)
- Aroma ( xiang香)
- Flavor ( wei味)
- About the Teelagerung ( cangcha藏 茶)
- About the Teerösten ( Zhicha炙 茶)
- About the attrition of tea ( niancha碾 茶)
- About seven of tea ( luocha罗 茶)
- About the cooking water ( Houtang候 汤)
- About the preheating of the tea bowl ( xiezhan熁 盏)
- About the pouring of the tea ( diancha点 茶)
- Part II ( Xiabian下篇)
- About tea utensils ( lunchaqi论 茶 器)
- Teetrockenofen ( Chabei茶 焙)
- Tea container ( chalong茶 笼)
- Teehammer ( zhenzhui砧 椎)
- Metal Röstbehältnisse ( Chaling茶 铃)
- Teewalze ( chanian茶 碾)
- Tea strainer ( chaluo茶 罗)
- Tea cup ( chazhan茶 盏)
- Teaspoon ( chachi茶匙)
- Kettle or " soup Viking blood " ( Tangping汤 瓶)
Other works of the author and early prints (Overview)
Other works of the author ( and early prints ): Long dan shou ji龙 寿 丹 记( Wuchao xiaoshuo五 朝 小说) Liaoxia Xiantan缭 下 闲谈( Shitu congshu适 图 丛书) Feiyan Yishi飞燕 遗事( Shuofu说 郛( Wanweishantang ben宛 委 山 堂 本) ), Meifei zhuan梅妃 传( Wuchao xiaoshuo五 朝 小说), also a Lizhi pu荔枝 谱( " lychee manual" ) comes from him. His collected works are published later蔡忠惠 集( Collected Works of Cai Zhonghui ) under the title Cai Zhonghui ji, Zhonghui忠 惠was his posthumous title.
The Chalu (茶 录) is next to the Beichuan Xuehai (百川 学海) also included in many other ancient book collections, including the Shuofu (说 郛) and the congshu Jicheng chubian (丛书 集成 初 编).