Lu Yu 陆羽 Lu Yu

Cha Jing 茶经 The Classic of Tea

Shen Nong 神农 Shen Nong, the Divine Farmer

Tianmen 天门 Birthplace of Lu Yu

Hubei ren 湖北人 someone from Hubei

Longgai Temple 龙盖寺 Dragon Cloud Monastery

Chan Buddhist 禅宗 Better known as Zen Buddhism

Li Qiwu 李齐物 Tang royal who served as governor in Tianmen



Zou Fuzi 邹老夫子 One of Lu Yu’s earliest teachers and tea masters

Cui Guofu 崔国辅 Tang official who replaced Li Qiwu and served as another mentor of Lu Yu

Jiangsu 江苏 Province in the east of China

Zhejiang 浙江 Province just south of Jiangsu

Jiangxi 江西 Province south of Zhejiang

Miaoxi Monastery 妙喜寺 Buddhist monastery located in Huzhou

Huzhou 湖州 City in Jiangsu

Jiao Ran 皎然 Chan monk

Wang Bao 王褒 Western Han individual involved in a contract for a servant

Yan Zhenqing 颜真卿 Tang scholar, calligrapher and official

Lu Tong 卢仝 The great poet and reclusive bon vivant

Daizong Emperor 唐代宗 Tang emperor from 762-779

Dezong Emperor 德宗帝 Tang emperor from 779-805

Yongzheng Emperor 雍正帝 Qing emperor from 1722-1735

Lu Tingcan 陆廷灿 A Tea Immortal, known for his Sequel to the Cha Jing

Cha Xian 茶仙 Tea Immortal

Xu Cha Jing 续茶经 The Sequel to the Classic of Tea

Xia Dynasty 夏朝 The mythical Xia Dynasty

Zhongguo Cha wenhua 中国茶文化 Chinese Tea Culture

Ba Shu 巴蜀 The Ba Shu States in Sichuan

Zhou Gong 周公 The Duke of Zhou

Sima Xiangru 司马相如 The poetess from Qionglai in Sichuan

Jin Dynasty 晉朝 The Jin Dynasty

Hongzhi Era 弘治时代 The Ming dynasty Hongzhi emperor’s era 1487-1505

Abbot Zhiji 智积禅师 Stepfather to Lu Yu and Abbot of the Longgai Monastery

Nanling River 南凌河 River north of Yangzhou famous for its water

Tang Taizong 唐太宗 Tang emperor Taizong (Li Shimin)

Yue qi 越器 Yue ware from Yuezhou near Shaoxing

Xing ware 邢窑 Xing ware from Hebei



Nanbei Chao 南北朝 The Southern and Northern Dynasty Period