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Poetry on Tea by Tang Monks

Hsiao, Li-Hua

Abstract
While tea meditation was popular during the Tang dynasty, extant prose
from this period contains no mention of it. There are only a few statements that
can be found in written rules for Buddhist monasteries. However, Tang poetry
provides a possible look into the form and extent of tea culture at this period in
history.
This paper analyzes a total of 131 poems on tea written by 30 different
monks. It is found that tea culture had spread to virtually every monastery in the
Tang. Not only did monks meditate while drink tea, they also presented it as an
offering to Buddha. Monks and men of letters traditionally interacted via prosaic
and poetic compositions. During this time, tea also became a medium by which
the two different groups came together, resulting in the prevailing custom of tea
parties. These provide insights into the interaction between monks and the
outside world, as well as why and how tea became a part of meditation.

Keywords: Tea Poetry of the Tang Dynasty, Tea Culture, Poem-Monks,

Tea-Zen, Common taste in tea and Zen, Tea party
Professor, Department of Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University