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| === Lu Yu === | | === Lu Yu === |
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− | Its liquor is like the sweetest dew from heaven. | + | Its liquor is like the sweetest dew from heaven.<br/> |
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| The effect of tea is cooling and as a beverage it is most suitable. | | The effect of tea is cooling and as a beverage it is most suitable. |
− | It is especially fitting for persons of self-restraint and inner worth. | + | It is especially fitting for persons of self-restraint and inner worth.<br/> |
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− | Its goodness is a decision for the mouth to make. | + | Its goodness is a decision for the mouth to make.<br/> |
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− | Tea tempers the spirit and harmonizes the mind; dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness. | + | Tea tempers the spirit and harmonizes the mind; dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness.<br/> |
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| The clouds above us join and separate, | | The clouds above us join and separate, |
| The breeze in the courtyard leaves and returns. | | The breeze in the courtyard leaves and returns. |
| Life is like that, so why not relax? | | Life is like that, so why not relax? |
− | Who can stop us from celebrating? | + | Who can stop us from celebrating?<br/> |
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| The best quality tea must have creases like the leathern boot of Tartar horsemen, curl like the dewlap of a mighty bullock, unfold like a mist rising out of a ravine, gleam like a lake touched by a zephyr, and be wet and soft like a fine earth newly. | | The best quality tea must have creases like the leathern boot of Tartar horsemen, curl like the dewlap of a mighty bullock, unfold like a mist rising out of a ravine, gleam like a lake touched by a zephyr, and be wet and soft like a fine earth newly. |