TY - BOOK AU - Benn,James A. TI - Tea in China: a religious and cultural history SN - 9780824839635 (cloth) AV - GT2907.C6 B46 2015 U1 - 394.1/50951 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Honolulu PB - University of Hawaiʻi Press KW - Tea KW - China KW - Religious aspects KW - Buddhism KW - Social aspects KW - Tea in literature N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Tea as a religious and cultural commodity in traditional China -- The early history of tea: myth and reality -- Buddhism and tea during the Tang Dynasty -- Tea poetry in Tang China -- The patron saint of tea: religious aspects of the life and work of Lu Yu -- Tea: invigorating the body, mind, and society in the Song Dynasty -- Tea comes to Japan: Eisai's Kissa yojoki -- Religion and culture in the tea economy of late imperial China -- Conclusions ER -