【英文原声】中国茶文化历史博客1TheHistoryofTeaPart1
Laszlo is back with a new ten-part CHP series covering the history of tea from its mythical discovery clear through to the 20th century.
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Sanhuang Wudi 三皇五帝 The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors
Wang Xufeng 王旭烽 One of China’s great writers and Tea Ambassadors
Mao Dun Prize 茅盾将 China’s answer to the Booker or Pulitzer Prizer
Charen Sanbu Qu 茶人三部曲 Trilogies of the Teamen, written by Wang Xufeng
Wang Laoshi 王老师 Respectful salutation, “Teacher Wang”
Yipian Shuye de Gushi 一片树叶的故事 The Story of a Leaf
Yuantou 源头 fountainhead, source
Li Yuan 李渊 Tang founder Tang Gaozu
Li Shimin 李世民 Son of Li Yuan and co-founder of the dynasty
Emperor Xuan 宣帝 Han Emperor Xuan
Wang Bao 王褒 Western Han individual involved in a contract for a servant
Wuyang武阳City on the Jiangxi-Fujian border, home of an ancient tea market
Jiangxi 江西 Province in eastern China
Nanchang 南昌 Capital of Jiangxi Province
Cha 茶 Tea
Jia 槚 a former character for tea
Tu 荼 ancient name for tea
Chuan 荈 a former character for tea
She 蔎a former character for tea
Ming 茗 a former character for tea
Lu Yu 陆羽 The tea saint, writer of the Cha Jing
Cha Jing 茶经 The Classic of Tea
Cha Sheng 茶圣 The Tea Saint, Lu Yu
Shen Nong 神农 The Divine Farmer, Shennong
Wugu Xiandi 五谷先帝The Emperor of the Five Grains, another nickname of Shen Nong
Shen Nong Bencao Jing 神农本草经 Shen Nong’s Materia Medica or Herbal
Baicha 白茶 White tea or plain boiled water
Cha Lin 茶林 Village in Hunan where Shen Nong died
Zhangjiajie 张家界 Beautiful scenic area in northwest Hunan
Ren 人 person
Liang Shiqiu 梁实秋 One of China’s greatest lexicograpers of the 20th century. His 新實用漢英辭典 was my first and favorite dictionary going back to 1979.
Kucai 苦菜 Bitter vegetable
Shijing 诗经 The Book of Songs
Liji 礼记 The Book of Rites
Fujian 福建 Fujian province
Guangdong 广东 Guangdong province
Guangzhou 广州 Guangzhou, a.k.a Canton
Xiamen 厦门 Xiamen in Fujian
Fuzhou 福州 Fuzhou or Foochow as it was once called
Quanzhou 泉州 Coastal port city in Fujian
Shuowen Jiezi 说文解字 Han Dynasty Dictionary
Cun 村 Village
Chan Buddhism 禪 Zen Buddhism
Zhou Xin 紂辛 Di Xin, 帝辛, Infamous last king of the Shang Dynasty
Jiuchi Roulin 酒池肉林 The Wine Pool and Meat Forest.
Chengdu 成都 Capital of Sichuan
Gan Lu Cha 甘露茶 Sweet Dew Tea, the famous tea of Mengding Shan.
Wu Lizhen 吴里真 Buddhist Monk credited with the cultivation of tea on Mengding Shan.
Mengding Shan 蒙顶山 Mountain in Sichuan where tea cultivation began in China
Xian Cha 仙茶 The Tea of the Immortals, a.k.a. Gan Lu Tea from the seven original trees
Ya’an 雅安 City outside Chengdu famous for tea
Qionglai 邛崃 City outside Chengdu famous for tea
Sanguo Zhi 三国志 Record of the Three Kingdoms
Sun Hao 孙浩 Eastern Wu king known for his drunkeness
Wei Yao Loyal official to Sun Hao
Sima Yan 司马炎 (also known as 晋武帝) Jin Dynasty founder
Jin 晋朝 The Jin Dynasty
Shang-Zhou-Han 商周汉 The three dynasties of Shang-Zhou Han
Luoyang 洛阳 One of China’s ancient capitals
Chang’an 长安 One of China’s ancient capitals (present day Xian)
Qin Shihuang 秦始皇 Qin dynasty founder
Er Ya 尔雅 The first dictionary in China
Guangya 广雅 An updated version of the Er Ya
Longjing 龙井 Village outside Hangzhou famous for Longjing, Dragon Well tea
Shu Guo 蜀国 The kingdom of Shu, present day Sichuan
Sanxingdui 三星堆 Neolithic ruins discovered outside Chengdu
Ba Shu 巴蜀 Ancient state from the Shu Kingdom
Zhou King Wu 周武王 Brother of the Duke of Zhou, conquering king.
Haojing 镐京 Western Zhou Capital
Ying Zheng 嬴政 The future Qin Shihuang
Han Wudi 汉武帝 The great martial emperor of the Western Han
Liu Song 刘宋 1st dynasty in the south during the Nanbei Chao, 420-479
Wucheng 婺城 District of Jinhua in Zhejiang, Province.
Nanbei Chao 南北朝 The Northern and Southern Dynasties
Zhuge Liang 诸葛亮 Great strategist and statesman of the 3 Kingdoms period
Yang Jian 杨暕 Second Sui emperor and grandson of founder Wendi.
Sui Wendi 隋文帝 Founder of the Sui Dynasty
Taishan 台山 City in southern Guangdong, southwest of Jiangmen.
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