Tea Drinking In The Tang And Song Dynasties
The tools Wu Lun often used, such as the cauldron, the brazier and the stoker, more often appeared in tea literature written in the Tang and Song Dynasties, but were barely mentioned during the Ming Dynasty. However, his interest in Tang style tea drinking was not alone, and was still shared by other people during his time, and Wang Ao was one of them. Wang travelled to Yixing very often, and he sometimes had gatherings with eleven local literati at the Hall of 东丘娱晚堂. The gatherings were well-organized and planned not only for entertaining but also for edifying local masses. The members of this group were all achieved officials of Yixing, and Wu Lun’s brother Wu Jing was one of them. Wang was acquainted with Wu Lun when they together visited