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Tea in China : a religious and cultural history
Title:
Tea in China : a religious and cultural history
Author:
Benn, James A., 1964-
ISBN:
9780824839635

9780824839642
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2015.
Physical Description:
xiii, 288 p. : ill. ; 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.
Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-277) and index.
Field 805:
npmlib 南院 10720922 GT2907.C6 B46 wj
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