Character introduction:
Seng Jiaoran (730-799), with a common surname of Xie and a courtesy name of Qingzhou, was born in Huzhou (Wuxing, Zhejiang). He was a descendant of Xie Lingyun, the founder of Chinese landscape poetry. Shisun, a famous poet and tea monk in the Tang Dynasty, was the abbot of Miaoxi Temple in Zhushan, Wuxing. He was highly accomplished in literature, Buddhism, and tea science. He composed poems with Yan Zhenqing, Ling Che, Lu Yu and others, and there are 470 poems by Jiao Ran. Most of them are written as a farewell reward. The mood is relaxed and the language is simple. Jiao Ran's poetic theory work "Poetic Style".
Main achievements: "The Father of Tea Ceremony"
1. He is the founder of tea literature and the first of its kind in tea poetry.
2. He is the master of Buddhist tea ceremony.
3. He was the earliest advocate, executor and manager of experimental tea farms and laboratory tea scientific research.
4. He is an active promoter of the trend of "replacing wine with tea" and drinking tea.
5. He is a pathfinder in developing the spiritual functions and value of tea.
6. He is the instructor, elder brother, true friend, and material guarantor of the tea sage Lu Yu. He is Lu Yu’s academic partner for cooperation and exchanges in his career. He is also the sponsor, planner, and organizer of Lu Yu’s scientific exploration. , critic, and propagandist. He is the main organizer, planner, and manager of Lu Yu's "Tea Classic" systematic project.
7. He was the earliest advocate, organizer and planner of "Tea Tasting Party", "Tea Fighting Competition", "Poetry Tea Party", "Gu Zhu Tea Competition" and "Shanxi Poetry Tea Party" It's a classic case.
8. He is the master and advocate of tea culture and tea ceremony concepts, and the pathfinder of "Buddhist Tea Style" and "Buddhist Zen Tea Ceremony".
In a word, he is the founder of Chinese tea ceremony, the founder of tea ceremony, the father of tea ceremony, and the master of Chinese tea culture!
Jiao Ran is versatile. He not only has in-depth research on Buddhism, Taoism, tea affairs, tea theory, and tea ceremony, but also left hundreds of famous works in the history of Chinese literature. He is a rare master who is proficient in everything. What is even more valuable is that as a Buddhist monk, he does not seek fame or profit. He is neither one of those Buddhist monks who do not care about worldly affairs and only practices cultivation, nor one of those pretentious reformers. , he is not one of those old scalpers who claim to work hard... He regards fame and fortune as rubbish. He is also a writer, a monk, a Buddhist, a Confucian, a Taoist, a poet, a tea drinker, a hermit and a traveler... He is also a teacher, a friend, and a traveler. Father and son, brother and brother... Just like Engels supported Marx and discussed communism with Marx, he selflessly helped the tea sage Lu Yu complete the first classic masterpiece in the history of world tea - "The Book of Tea".