Kakuzo Okakura-The Book of Tea (1906)

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1、THEBOOKOFTEAbyKakuzoOkakuraOriginallypublishedDreamsmytheditionFirstprintingTypography,bookdesignandbindingbyWilliamAdamsPrintedintheU.S.A.TheBookofTea.TheCupofHumanity.TheSchoolsofTea.TaoismandZennism.TheTea-Room.ArtAppreciation

2、.Flowers.Tea-MastersColophonTheBookofTea.TheCupofHumanityTandgrewintoabeverage.InChina,intheeighthcentury,itenteredtherealmofpoetryasoneofthepoliteamusements.ThefifteenthcenturysawJapanennobleitintoar

3、eligionofæstheti-cism—Teaism.Teaismisacultfoundedontheadorationofthebeautifulamongthesordidfactsofeverydayexistence.Itinculcatespurityandharmony,themysteryofmutualcharity,theromanticismofthesocialorder.ItisessentiallyaworshipoftheImperfect,asitisatenderattemptt

4、oac-complishsomethingpossibleinthisimpossiblethingweknowaslife.ThePhilosophyofTeaisnotmereæstheticismintheor-dinaryacceptanceoftheterm,foritexpressesconjointlywithethicsandreligionourwholepointofviewaboutmanandnature.Itishygiene,foritenforcescleanliness;itiseco

5、nomics,foritshowscomfortinsimplicityratherthaninthecomplexandcostly;itismoralgeometry,inasmuchasitdefinesoursenseofproportiontotheuniverse.Itrep-resentsthetruespiritofEasterndemocracybymakingallitsvotariesaristocratsintaste..TheCupofHumanityThelongisolationofJ

6、apanfromtherestoftheworld,soconducivetointrospection,hasbeenhighlyfavourabletothedevelopmentofTeaism.Ourhomeandhabits,cos-tumeandcuisine,porcelain,lacquer,painting—ourveryliterature—allhavebeensubjecttoitsinfluence.Nostu-dentofJapaneseculturecouldeverignoreitspr

7、esence.Ithaspermeatedtheeleganceofnobleboudoirs,andenteredtheabodeofthehumble.Ourpeasantshavelearnedtoar-rangeflowers,ourmeanestlabourertoofferhissalutationtotherocksandwaters.Inourcommonparlancewespeakoftheman“withnotea”inhim,whenheisinsusceptibletotheserio-comi

8、cinterestsofthepersonaldrama.Againwestigmatisetheuntamedæsthetewho,regardlessofthemun-danetragedy,runsriotinthespringtideofemancipatedemotions,asone“withtoomuchtea”inhim.The