During the hundreds of years from Tang to Qing Dynasty, great changes look
place in the producing places of lea, producing methods of tea, and the
apparatus for making and cooking tea. It was at that time that a book about tea
appeared, which made ample references and quotation and was also very practical
That was Additional Book of Tea.
This book followed the structure of Book of Tea, being divided into ten
parts—origin of tea, tools of tea, production of tea, apparatus of tea, cooking
of tea, drinking of tea, ceremonies of tea, making of tea, general information
about tea, and pictures of tea. Making amendments and supplements to many tea
books after Tang Dynasty, this book was not only ten times that of Book of Tea
in volume, but differed very much from it in content, too. It can be called a
general summary and comprehensive expression of Chinese ancient tea books. Its
author Lu Tingcan was once an official in Wuyi ,
Fujian
In addition to the said works, two others are worth mentioning—Biography
of Ye Jia and On Tea and Wine. Biography of Ye, It is a biography of tea written
by the great poet Su Shi of Song Dynasty. In the book he compared tea to a
loyal minister and noble man. On Tea and Wine is a dialogue-style article
written in personification by scholar Wang Fu of Tang Dynasty. In the book tea
and wine had a heated argument in self praising and opponent despising. In the
end water came to make peace, arguing that both tea and wine couldn't do
without water, so they two had better stop the dispute and strived for mutual
development. The article was easy and witty, full of humor, not common in
articles with tea or tea sets as a subject.
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