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May 8, 2013
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AN ELEGY

AN ELEGY I O youngest, best-loved daughter of Xie, Who unluckily married this penniless scholar, You patched my clothes from your own wicker basket, And I coaxed off your hairpins of gold, to buy wine with; For dinner we had … Continue reading

January 8, 2013
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Poetically Tea

In China, a vast number of books and even poems have been written on really every aspect connected to the cultivation, preparation, consumption and indulgence of tea, about mental and health effects, about its ceremonial use etc. The very first … Continue reading