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Title:
Tea in China : a religious and cultural history / James A. Benn.
Author:
Benn, James A., 1964- author.
Publication Information:
Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2015]
Call Number:
GT2907 .C6 B46 2015
ISBN:
9780824839642
Physical Description:
xiii, 288 pages 23 cm.
Contents:
Tea as a religious and cultural commodity in traditional China -- The early history of tea: myth and reality -- Buddhism and tea during the Tang Dynasty -- Tea poetry in Tang China -- The patron saint of tea: religious aspects of the life and work of Lu Yu -- Tea: invigorating the body, mind, and society in the Song Dynasty -- Tea comes to Japan: Eisai's Kissa yojoki -- Religion and culture in the tea economy of late imperial China -- Conclusions.
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