Fragrant and Gentle Moments: Cultural Figures Talk About Their Tea Ties: Illustrated Edition

Author: Ma Mingbo
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: "The Fragrant and Gentle Moments" takes "Cultural Masters Talk About Tea" as its main theme, selecting over seventy outstanding essays and masterpieces by renowned writers, artists, and thinkers from the 20th century onwards. In the misty aroma of tea, the wise have poetry-like sentiments. They are not only elegant tea drinkers but also deep observers of life. Lu Xun, Zhou Zuoren, Liang Shiqiu, and Lin Yutang's writings are like Tieguanyin, with enduring charm; while Xiao Qian, Wang Zengqi, Zhong Jingwen, Jia Pingwa, Yu Qiujiu, Dong Qiao, and Zhang Chengzhi's works resemble green tea, with subtle and lingering meanings. A pot of tea represents a small world, and within it, the wise see a life of leisure and elegance; what we read is the mortal world beyond the bitterness and fragrance of tea. A cup of fragrant tea, soft moments, flow through this book to our hands. In the exquisite words, we savor the years filled with the aroma of tea.