茶经(The Classic of Tea)

《茶经》是中国乃至世界现存最早、最完整、最全面介绍茶的第一部专著，被誉为茶叶百科全书，唐代陆羽所著。此书是关于茶叶生产的历史、源流、现状、生产技术以及饮茶技艺、茶道原理的综合性论著，是划时代的茶学专著，精辟的农学著作，阐述茶文化的书。将普通茶事升格为一种美妙的文化艺能，推动了汉族茶文化的发展。(The Classic of Tea by Lu Yu is the first, earliest, most comprehensive and complete study of tea, acclaimed as an encyclopedia of tea.The book discusses comprehensively the history, origin, current status, production technology of tea as well as the skills of tea drinking and the tea ceremony. It is an epoch-making monograph on tea, a concise agricultural research and an exploration of the culture of tea.It elevates the simple act of tea drinking to the level of a beautiful and artistic performance and promotes the development of the Chinese tea culture.)