Jiuri Mountain Abbey,
Hedge chrysanthemums are yellow, too.
The laity is full of wine,
Who can help tea fragrance?
Lu Yu's Tea Classic played an advocacy role in the tea culture and tea literature creation in the middle Tang Dynasty, and Lu Yu's Jiao Ran was an expert in tea literature creation in this period. Jiao Ran's tea poems and tea poems clearly reflect the characteristics of tea culture activities and the trend of tea literature creation in this period. "Nine Days and Luyu Tea": "Jiuri Mountain Temple, Dongli Chrysanthemum is also yellow; The laity is full of wine, who can help tea. " In the poem, tea is advocated to replace wine, and laity still uses wine to replace wine. Jiao Ran, who knows the fragrance of tea, seems to have a unique tea flavor. "It's dark and windy in the moon and high in the night, and people at sea in Shili Royal Mansion gather Pan Shu and Tang Heng to drink tea": "It's dark and windy in the moon and high in the night, and there is no moon, whose director Qin Xuan has not opened. The hermit in the east of the city is here, and the monks come from Qi. Tea loves to pass on flowers and drinks, and poetry is like a volume. When the wind is high, Xiao Jing will linger repeatedly. " Will describe the elegance of hermits and monks drinking tea and reciting poems. He has a poem "Tea Songs for Zheng Rong", which says: "Jade people in Danqiu despise jade food and gather tea for their wings. No one knows the fairy mansion, but the rigid cloud palace people don't know it. The boy in Yunshan tuned the golden bell, and the Chu people were named after the tea classics. In the frost, the grass is broken and the flowers are long. It is often said that this tea can cure my illness and make people anxious. In the morning, before the incense burner is finished, I will step on the tiger stream and sing a song to send you out. " In the poem, Jiao Ran worships drinking tea, emphasizing that the efficacy of drinking tea can not only get rid of illness and annoyance, but also get rid of the clouds and soar.
In his poem "Singing Tea Songs with Cui Shi as a Prince", he said: "The more people stay in my stream for a cup of tea, the more I get a golden bud. The snow-colored fragrance of plain porcelain is like the nectar of a fairy. Drinking it will make you sleepy and cheerful. Drink my god again, and suddenly add flying rain to sprinkle light dust; After three drinks, you will get the word. Why bother? This thing is noble and unknown to the world. The world drinks too much and deludes itself. Worried about watching the night between Bi Zhuo urns, laughing at Tao Qian's hedging. Cui Hou took a sip of his crazy song. Who knows that the tea ceremony is all true, only Dan Qiu did it. " This poem is an impromptu work by Jiao Ran and his good friend Cui Cirang * * * while tasting tea in Yuezhou. The poem praises the quiet and meaningful aroma and nectar-like taste of Tongxi tea (produced in Shengxian County, Zhejiang Province), and vividly describes the feelings of one drink, two drinks and three drinks, which is similar to Lu Tong's tea songs. The whole poem also aims to advocate replacing wine with tea. Jiao Ran's unique artistic style of exploring the artistic conception of tea tasting in tea poems had a subtle and positive influence on the creation of tea poems in the middle and late Tang Dynasty.
Jiao Ran is Lu Yu's mentor and friend with the longest communication time and deepest friendship in his life. The frugal tea tasting custom advocated by them in Huzhou had a great influence on the tea culture in the late Tang Dynasty and played a great role in the development of tea art, tea literature and tea culture in later generations.