First, the creative background of six envy songs
Lu Yu, Cha Sheng, is an abandoned baby, adopted by Chiji Zen Master of Xita Temple. In the sixth year of Zhenyuan in Tang Dezong (790), Lu Yu was shocked to learn that the Zen master had died in Jingling at Shangrao's residence. He was very sad. Because he couldn't get back in time to see his teacher for the last time, he pretended to give "six hymns" to Zhi Ming. At this time, Lu Yu was 58 years old.
The source of Liu Xian Song's Complete Tang Poetry is Volume 308, formerly known as Song. Because there are six words "envy" written in the song, people named it "Six Envy Songs" accordingly.
Appreciation of the second and sixth hymns
The first sentence "golden jar and white jade cup" is an instrument for holding wine, both of which represent wine. Lu Yu does not envy wine, but actually envies tea. The second sentence is not envious of "being an official in the DPRK, becoming rich and famous", but actually envious of seclusion or sightseeing.
The third sentence is a compliment to the hometown "Jingling City of Xijiang River", which also includes the envy of tea. Cha Sheng Lu Yu's talk about tea is so subtle that it shows his cultivation kung fu.
The main influence of Lu Yu:
First, tea classics
Lu Yu's Tea Classic is a groundbreaking work.
Pi Rixiu, a poet at the end of Tang Dynasty, commented on Tea Classic in Preface to Tea Miscellaneous Poems: "Divide its source, make its utensils, teach it to make it, make its utensils and make it cook". He thought that Tea Classic distinguished the origin of tea drinking, determined the basic tools for making tea, taught people how to make high-quality tea, set up a whole set of utensils for drinking tea, and established the way of brew tea.
Therefore, The Book of Tea became the first comprehensive tea book in China that systematically summarized the tea events before and after the Tang Dynasty, and it was also the earliest, most comprehensive and complete.
Second, social contribution.
Lu Yu is not only a tea expert, but also a famous poet, phonology and primary school expert, calligrapher, actor, playwright, historian, biographer, tourism and geographer.
Lu Yu's Biography of Huai Su Monk is of great significance to the study of the original paper version of Xiao Cao Qian Zi Wen written by Huai Su in his later years, and to explore the inheritance of Huai Su's "two kings" brushwork. It is also the first-hand precious material for studying Huai Su in the history of China calligraphy.