First Sentence
Tea drinking began in China among the Zen monks, who used it as a method of preventing sleep, and from that progressed to the Cha King or Tea Gospel of Luh Wuh in the period of T'ang, but it was the Sung and Yuan ages with their devotion to philosophy on one hand and sentiment on the other that combined Tea and Zen to produce that characteristic culture that aimed at a life of calm and simplicity. Read the first page
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These are the most frequently used words in this book.
again
always
another
anything
asked
away
bamboo
brought
called
came
chinese
come
day
down
even
family
famous
fine
first
flower
found
garden
gave
get
give
given
go
good
great
guests
hand
hearth
hideyoshi
himself
host
house
hundred
ieyasu
japanese
kettle
kind
known
lantern
life
little
lord
man
master
mat
may
must
name
nothing
now
old
once
own
part
people
pieces
place
put
quite
rather
replied
retainers
rikyu
room
round
see
sen
sent
shape
shogun
should
since
small
son
stone
style
take
tea
things
though
thought
three
time
tokonoma
tokugawa
told
took
trees
two
use
used
utensils
water
went
without
year
