04205cam a2200613Ii 4500 ocn905636929 OCoLC 20200709060343.0 m d cr |||||||nn|n 140612t20152015hiu ob 001 0 eng d P@U eng rda pn P@U OCLCO JSTOR E7B N$T COO YDXCP EBLCP DOS DEBSZ CUS OCLCQ 9780824853983 (electronic bk.) 0824853989 (electronic bk.) 0824839641 (alk. paper) 9780824839642 (alk. paper) 9780824839635 (cloth) 9780824839642 (alk. paper) 0824839633 (OCoLC)905636929 22573/ctt13k358b JSTOR a-cc--- GT2907.C6 B46 2015eb CKB041000 bisacsh REL033000 bisacsh HIS008000 bisacsh 394.1/50951 23 MAIN Benn, James A., 1964- author. Tea in China : a religious and cultural history / James A. Benn. Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2015] ©2015 1 online resource (xiii, 288 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. "Tea in China explores the contours of religious and cultural transformation in traditional China from the point of view of an everyday commodity and popular beverage. The work traces the development of tea drinking from its mythical origins to the nineteenth century and examines the changes in aesthetics, ritual, science, health, and knowledge that tea brought with it. The shift in drinking habits that occurred in late medieval China cannot be understood without an appreciation of the fact that Buddhist monks were responsible for not only changing people's attitudes toward the intoxicating substance, but also the proliferation of tea drinking. Monks had enjoyed a long association with tea in South China, but it was not until Lu Yu's compilation of the Chajing (The Classic of Tea) and the spread of tea drinking by itinerant Chan monastics that tea culture became popular throughout the empire and beyond. Tea was important for maintaining long periods of meditation; it also provided inspiration for poets and profoundly affected the ways in which ideas were exchanged. Prior to the eighth century, the aristocratic drinking party had excluded monks from participating in elite culture. Over cups of tea, however, monks and literati could meet on equal footing and share in the same aesthetic values. Monks and scholars thus found common ground in the popular stimulant - one with few side effects that was easily obtainable and provided inspiration and energy for composing poetry and meditating ..."--Publisher's description. Print version record. Tea in literature. Tea Social aspects China. Tea China Religious aspects Buddhism. COOKING History. bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Benn, James A., 1964- Tea in China. Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2015] 9780824839635 (DLC) 2014023171 (OCoLC)881824264 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=986517 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL3413805 ebrary EBRY ebr11035430 EBSCOhost EBSC 986517 Project MUSE MUSE muse43604 YBP Library Services YANK 12354231 92 N$T 56221 56221