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Literature

Chinese Literature contains a significant number of ancient treatises on tea. Together, there exist approximately one hundred monographs or treatises on tea published from the Tang dynasty through the end of the Ming dynasty. The more famous books on tea include:

Tang Dynasty

The Classic of Tea by Lu Yu.
Report on Water for Brewing Teaby Zhang Youxin, 814.
Records of Tea Picking(Chai Cha Lu) by Wen Tingjun, 860.

Song Dynasty

The Record of Teaby Cai Xiang, 1049.
Report on Tasting of East Brook Tea (Dong Qi Shi Cha Lu) by Song Zian, 1064.
Treatise on Teaby Emperor Song Huizong, 1107.
Record of Xuan He Era Tribute Tea in The North Farm(Xuan He Bei Yuan Gong Cha Lu ) by Xiong Fan.
Essential Record of Tea Tasting(Pin Cha Yiao Lu) by Huang Ru, 1075.
Pictorial Tea Wareby The Old Man Shen'an.

Ming Dynasty

Zhu Quan: Tea Manual, 1440.
Gu Yuanqing: Classification of Tea (Cha Pu), 1541.
Lu Shusheng: A Report on Tea House (Cha Liao Ji), 1570.
Tu Long: Kao Pan Yu Shi, or Desultory Remarks on Furnishing the Abode of the Retired Scholar, ca 1590.
Gao Lian: Eight Discourses on the Art of Living/ Tea (Jun Sheng Ba Jian), 1591.
Hu Wenhuan: Tea Collection, 1593.
Chen Shi: Research on Tea (Cha Kao), 1593.
Chen Jiru: Tea Talks, 1595.
Zhang Qiande: The Book of Tea, 1598.
Xiong Mingyu: Report on Lu Jie Tea, (Luo Jie Cha Ji), ca 1608.
Feng Shike: Tea Record (Cha Lu), 1609.
Wen Zhenheng: Treatise on Superfluous Things/ Incense and Tea (Zhang Wu Zhi), 1621.

See full translation :Zhang Wu Zhi /On Tea

Wen Long: Tea Notes (Cha Jian), 1630.
Zhou GaoqiTreatise on Yixing Tea Pot (Yangxian Ming Hu Xi), 1640.
Zhou Gaoqi: Report on Tongshan Jie Tea (Tongshan Jie Cha Xi), 1640.

Qing Dynasty

Lu Tingcan: The Sequel to Classic of Tea

Japan Tea Treatise

Treatise on Tea Drinking for Health, 1193 AD

Myoan Eisai Kissa Yojoki, Treatise on Tea Drinking for Health. Eisai( Yosai): came to Tiantai mountain of Zhejiang to study Chan (Zen) buddhism(1168 AD); when he returned home in 1193 AD , he brought tea from China to Japan, planted it and wrote the first Japanese treatise on Tea:Kissa Yojoki,Treatise on Drinking Tea for Health. This was the beginning of tea cultivation and tea culture in Japan.

Okakura Kakuzo The Book of Tea was written in the early 20th century. It was first published in 1906, and has since been republished many times.

In the book, Kakuzo introduces the term Teaismand how Teahas affected nearly every aspect of Japanese culture, thought, and life. The book is accessibile to Western audiences because Kakuzo was taught at a young age to speak English; and spoke it all his life, becoming proficient at communicating his thoughts to the Western Mind. In his book, he discusses such topics as Zenand Taoism, but also the secular aspects of Tea and Japanese life. The book emphasises how Teaism taught the Japanese many things; most importantly, simplicity. Kakuzo argues that this tea-induced simplicity affected artand architecture, and he was a long-time student of the visual arts. He ends the book with a chapter on Tea Masters, and spends some time talking about Sen no Rikyuand his contribution to the Japanese Tea Ceremony.

Tea Classics in Translations

English

The Classic of Tea(ISBN 0-316-53450-1) Lu, Yu; Intro & Translation By Francis Ross Carpenter, Illustrated by Hitz, Demi;Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co. 1974

The Classic of Tea: Origins & Rituals(ISBN 0-88001-416-4) Lu, Yu; Yu, Lu; Carpenter, Francis Ross; New York, U.S.A.: Ecco Press. 1995 reprint of 1974 edition. This is a complete translation.