雙語科技百科(農業) 第53期:《茶經》
The Classic of Tea
The Classic of Tea is the first treatise on tea in the world, writfen by the Chinese writer Lu Yu between 760 and 780 in the Tang Dynasty. According to the popular legend, Lu Yu was an orphan of Jinling county ( now Tianmen county in Hubei Province) who was adopted by a Buddhist monk of the Longgai Temple. At age 14, Lu Yu was discovered by the local governor Li Gtiwu who of fered Lu Yu the use of his library and the opportunity to study with a teacher,During the An Lushan and Shi Siming Rebellion period, Lu Yu lived in seclusion in Shaoxi ( now Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province)ng this period, Lu Yu made friendswith many literati, including the calligrapher Yan Zhenqing, and wrote his master-piece The Classic of Lu Yu, tea symbolized the harmony and mysterious unity of the Universe. He invested The Classic of Tea with the concept of Bud-dhism, Taoism, or Confu-cianism that dominated the religious thought of his age. The Classic of Tea is divided into the following 10 chapters: in; Tools; 3. Manufacture; 4. Tea Wares；ing; 6. Drinking Tea;dotes; 8. Places;9. Omission；10. covers a series of subjects ranging from tea culture, tea art, tea history, botany, biology, agriculture, medicine, geography, hydrology, pottery, tea farming machinery to tea production.
《茶經》是世界上第一部有關茶的專著，爲中國唐朝文人陸羽在公元760-780年間所著。陸羽，唐競陵（今湖北天門）人，傳說從小是個孤兒，被當地龍蓋寺和尚收養。14歲時被當地太守李齊物看中，帶他到自己的書房讀書，並給他請來一名老師。安史之亂爆發後，陸羽隱居苕溪（今浙江湖州），其間結交很多文人，其中包括書法家顏真卿，並完成了鉅著《茶經》。在陸羽看來，茶象徵着宇宙萬物的和諧與神祕的統一。他將當時的主流宗教“儒釋道”中的思想賦予到《茶經》之中。《茶經》共分爲以下十章：一之源；二之具；三之造；四之器；五之煮；六之飲；七之事；八之出；九之就；十之圖。共涉及茶文化、茶藝、茶史、植物學、生物學、農學、醫學、地理、水文學、陶器工藝、農具、製茶等一系列的領域。
