The following is the original text and translation of Huaisu's sparseness:
Original text: Huaisu's sparseness, informality, drinking to nourish one's nature, and cursive writing to smooth one's mind. At that time, when I was drinking heavily, I encountered the walls, inner walls, clothes, and utensils of the temple, but I couldn't write them down. I was poor and had no paper to write on, so I planted more than 10,000 banana trees in my hometown for swaying. If there were not enough books, he would paint a plate of books and paint them on a square board. He would paint the books again and again, and both the plates and boards would be worn. (Excerpt from "The Biography of Monk Huaisu")
Translation: Huaisu is unconstrained and does not stick to trivial matters. He drinks to cultivate his temperament and cursive writing to smooth his mind. Sometimes he drank so much that there were writings on the walls, clothes and utensils of the temple. Because he was poor and had no paper to write on, he once planted more than 10,000 banana trees in his hometown for writing brushes and ink. When I couldn't write enough, I painted another plate and a square board. I wrote again and again, and even the plate and square board were penetrated.
Lu Yu (733-804), whose courtesy names were Hongjian and Jizhen, and whose nicknames were Jinglingzi, Sangjuweng and Donggangzi, was born in Jingling, Fuzhou (now Tianmen City, Hubei Province) in the Tang Dynasty. He was known as " "Tea Immortal", respected as "Tea Saint", worshiped as "Tea God", known as "Tea Mountain Censor".
Lu Yu has been fond of tea all his life and is proficient in tea ceremony. He has conducted long-term research on tea, is familiar with tea tree cultivation, breeding and processing technology, and is good at tea tasting. In 760, he went from the foothills of Qixia Mountain to Tiaoxi (now Wuxing, Zhejiang) and lived in seclusion in the mountains. He spent time writing the "Tea Classic", which made tea an independent knowledge and had a profound impact on the world's tea culture.
Huaisu (common surname Qian, 737-799), courtesy name Zangzhen, was born in Lingling, Yongzhou (now Lingling, Hunan). He was a calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty. Together with Zhang Xu, he was known as "Dian Zhang Kuangsu". Huaisu became a monk since he was a child. In his spare time, he loved calligraphy and was famous for his "Kuaicao". Huaisu's cursive calligraphy is thin and vigorous, with natural flying movements, like a sudden rain and whirlwind, changing at any time. Calligraphy is straightforward, ever-changing, and full of rules. His calligraphy works handed down from generation to generation include "Self-narrative Calligraphy", "Bitter Bamboo Shoots Calligraphy", "Notre Dame Calligraphy" and "Xiaocao Thousand-Character Essay", which were hailed as the "Sage of Cao" by later generations.
The tea sage wrote a biography for the grass sage, which is a good story. China's eight elegant arts include music, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry, wine and flower tea. The book-tea combination, the tea-book blind date, Lu Yu and Huai Su, Huai Su and Lu Yu, write not only friendship, but also the thousand-year-old elegant Chinese tea charm and the eternal romantic Chinese context.