LEADER 04903nam 22006735 450 001 9910835186803321 005 20221214160131.0 010 $a9780824868642 010 $a0824868641 010 $a9780824853983 010 $a0824853989 024 7 $a10.1515/9780824853983 035 $a(CKB)3710000000408496 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001457876 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11903236 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001457876 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11441946 035 $a(PQKB)10823419 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3413805 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001568804 035 $a(OCoLC)905636929 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43604 035 $a(DE-B1597)484144 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780824853983 035 $a(Perlego)1318578 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000408496 100 $a20190828d2015 fg | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTea in China $ea religious and cultural history /$fJames A. Benn 210 1$aHonolulu :$cUniversity of Hawaii Press,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (306 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780824839642 311 08$a0824839641 311 08$a9780824839635 311 08$a0824839633 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tA Note on Editions and Conventions --$t1. Tea as a Religious and Cultural Commodity in Traditional China --$t2. The Early History of Tea: Myth and Reality --$t3. Buddhism and Tea during the Tang Dynasty --$t4. Tea Poetry in Tang China --$t5. The Patron Saint of Tea: Religious Aspects of the Life and Work of Lu Yu --$t6. Tea: Invigorating the Body, Mind, and Society in the Song Dynasty --$t7. Tea Comes to Japan: Eisai's Kissa Y?j?ki --$t8. Religion and Culture in the Tea Economy of Late Imperial China --$t9. Conclusions --$tAbbreviations --$tNotes --$tGlossary --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aTea 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. In addition, rituals associated with tea drinking were developed in Chan monasteries, aiding in the transformation of China's sacred landscape at the popular and elite level. Pilgrimages to monasteries that grew their own tea were essential in the spread of tea culture, and some monasteries owned vast tea plantations. By the end of the ninth century, tea was a vital component in the Chinese economy and in everyday life.Tea in China transcends the boundaries of religious studies and cultural history as it draws on a broad range of materials-poetry, histories, liturgical texts, monastic regulations-many translated or analyzed for the first time. The book will be of interest to scholars of East Asia and all those concerned with the religious dimensions of commodity culture in the premodern world. 606 $aTea in literature 606 $aTea$xSocial aspects$zChina 606 $aTea$zChina$xReligious aspects$xBuddhism 615 0$aTea in literature. 615 0$aTea$xSocial aspects 615 0$aTea$xReligious aspects$xBuddhism. 676 $a394.150951 700 $aBenn$b James A.$01732848 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910835186803321 996 $aTea in China$94353890 997 $aUNINA 999 $p$111.72$u11/10/2017$5Soc