Lu Tong (; ; 790–835), pseudonym Yuchuanzi (), was a Chinese poet of the
Tang dynasty
The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, c=唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an Wu Zhou, interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed ...
, known for his lifelong study of
Chinese tea culture. He never became an official, and is better known for his love of tea than his poetry.
Biography
Lu Tong, also called by the self-ascribed
art name
An art name (pseudonym or pen name), also known by its native names ''hào'' (in Mandarin Chinese), ''gō'' (in Japanese), ' (in Korean), and ''tên hiệu'' (in Vietnamese), is a professional name used by artists, poets and writers in the Sinosp ...
Yuchuanzi, was from the city of
Jiyuan
Jiyuan ( zh, s= , t=濟源 , p=Jìyuán) is a sub-prefecture-level city in northwestern Henan province, People's Republic of China. It borders the prefecture-level cities of Jiaozuo and Luoyang to the east and southwest respectively, as well as ...
in the Chinese province of
Henan
Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...
.
Poetry
''Lu Tong's Seven Bowls of Tea'' (（唐. 790~835）):
(Steven R. Jones 2008)
[http://teaarts.blogspot.com/2011/02/lu-tongs-seven-bowls-of-tea-lutong-tang.html]
Penglai Island, or
Mount Penglai, is a
mythologic island where the immortals lived.
See also
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The Classic of Tea
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Tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of '' Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of south-western China and nor ...
*
History of tea in China
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Tea Classics
References
Works cited
*“Chinese-English Tea Studies Terminology”, (2010), Lu-Yu Tea Culture Institute, Co., Ltd,
Lu Tong poemThe Seven Cups of Tea, in English and Chinese*
External links
*Books of the ''
Quan Tangshi'' that include collected poems of Lu Tong at the
Chinese Text Project:
Book 387Book 388Book 389
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790 births
835 deaths
9th-century Chinese poets
Lu clan of Fanyang
Poets from Henan
Tang dynasty poets
Writers from Jiyuan