[KS] A book of Korean tea classics

[Tobias Lehmann]

Congratulations to your recent book Brother Anthony. It's excellent in both, form and content and above all, the translations are easy to understand even for people who have small or no previous knowledge of tea and its philosophy behind. You not really learn how to make tea in this book (then purchase  Br Anthony's book about Korean green tea) but you learn why and for what you drink tea, its close relationship with Buddhism, East Asian civilization and how tea benefits your health. Tea seems to be an undeniable part of East Asian tradition and civilization and drinking it properly means for the Westerner (and maybe young Koreans as well) to approach this ancient civilization and understand it. 

I feel also attracted by the cover and pictures in the book. It's not only full of valuable information even though it's fortunately never a promotion of Korean tea but it's also what you may call a beautiful book. I just wonder whether your fellow Hong Kyeong-Hee translated literally from Chinese into modern Korean language.

Best, Tobias 


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> Datum: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:09:18 +0900 (KST)
> Von: Brother Anthony <ansonjae at sogang.ac.kr>
> An: koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
> Betreff: [KS] A book of Korean tea classics

> I hesitate to burden this LIst but I think a few people who are interested
> in Korean tea might be happy to know that the following book has been
> published, making the fundamental Korean tea classics available in English,
> with the original Classical Chinese texts and notes, as well as a simple
> introduction and biographies. It is illustrated with photos and is a really
> beautifully designed book, I find:
> 
> Korean Tea Classics by Hanjae Yi Mok and the Venerable Cho-ui (Brother
> Anthony of Taiz?, Hong Keong-Hee, Steven D. Owyoung)  This book contains the
> Chinese text and English translations of the 3 fundamental texts of Korean
> Tea culture:  ChaBu, Rhapsody to Tea  by Hanjae Yi Mok; ChaSinJeon, A
> Chronicle of the Spirit of Tea, and DongChaSong, Hymn in Praise of Korean Tea by
> the Venerable Cho-ui. It can be purchased online from the publishers, Seoul
> Selection. http://www.seoulselection.com/   
> 
> Brother Anthony
> Sogang University, Seoul
> http://hompi.sogang.ac.kr/anthony/
> 
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> 

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