Why is "Tu" still used to refer to "tea" after the Tang Dynasty?
"" has become an extremely common word in people's lives today. But before the Tang Dynasty, the word "tea" was rare. There is a common saying that in ancient times, "tea" and "tea" were one, and "tea" was "tea". But some people believe that the meaning of "tea" in ancient times was broader than "tea". No matter which statement is correct, it is certain that after the publication of Lu Yu's "Tea Classic" in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the word "tea" became widely popular, and its meaning was similar to today's tea.
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Wu Changshuo's calligraphy "Jiao Cha Xuan" in the late Qing Dynasty was obtained by the author's recent reading. I also extended my reading of Li Qingzhao's "Preface to the Records of Jinshi", and gained some insights.
Wu Changshuo's calligraphy "Jiao Cha Xuan", with seal script hanging horizontally and inscribed in cursive, was written in the spring of the Yisi year of Guangxu at the request of his friend Xiao Qian. There are two inscriptions below, one of which explains the allusion of the theme "Jiaocha", while the other inscription explains the glyph of the word "tea": "The word tea is not found in Xu Shu, the Tang Dynasty people inscribed poems on stones in the Tea Mountain in Di, and the five characters for tea are all written as tea. Fou is also recorded (seal)."
Who is Yu Di? Yu Di was the prime minister of Tang Xianzong. His birth year is unknown and he died in 818. He was a contemporary of Lu Yu (733-804) and the poet Jiaoran who wrote the "Tea Classic", but he should be younger than Lu Yu.
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