Lu Yu and the Classic of Tea
The best-known book ever written about tea contains no whisk, no teapot and no mention of a teacup. It describes a boiled drink, salted…
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Tang Dynasty
Du Fu and Li Bai in the High Tang
1. The Encounter of 744 in Luoyang: The Banished Immortal Meets the Conscientious Confucius of Poetry In the fourth month of the third year…
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The Rebellion That Broke Tang
An Lushan turned his army south from Fanyang, near modern Beijing, and marched on the Tang empire’s eastern capital…
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