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Ten, the flavor expected of the best tea is the delicate flavor of "baby's flesh."
第十，茶味最上者，應(yīng)如嬰孩身上一般的帶著"奶花香"。
In accordance with the Chinese practice of prescribing the proper moment and surrounding for enjoying a thing, Ch'asu, an excellent treatise on tea, reads thus:
據(jù)《茶疏》之說，最宜于飲茶的時候和環(huán)境是這樣：
Proper moments for drinking tea:
飲時：
When one's heart and hands are idle.
心手閑適
Tired after reading poetry.
披詠疲倦
When one's thoughts are disturbed.
意緒券亂
Listening to songs and ditties.
聽歌拍曲
When a song is completed.
歌罷曲終
Shut up at one's home on a holiday.
杜門避事
Playing the ch'in and looking over paintings.
鼓琴看畫
Engaged in conversation deep at night.
夜深共語
Before a bright window and a clean desk.
明窗凈幾
With charming friends and slender concubines.
佳客小姬
Returning from a visit with friends.
訪友初歸
When the day is clear and the breeze is mild.
風(fēng)日晴和
On a day of light showers.
輕陰微雨
In a painted boat near a small wooden bridge.
小橋畫舫
In a forest with tall bamboos.
茂林修竹
In a pavilion overlooking lotus flowers on a summer day.
荷亭避暑
Having lighted incense in a small studio.
小院焚香
After a feast is over and the guests are gone.
酒闌人散
When children are at school.
兒輩齋館
In a quiet, secluded temple.
清幽寺觀
Near famous springs and quaint rocks.
名泉怪石
Moments when one should stop drinking tea:
宜 啜：
At work.
作事
Watching a play.
觀劇
Opening letters.
發(fā)書柬
During big rain and snow.
大雨雪
At a long wine feast with a big party.
長筵大席
Going through documents.
緯閱卷帙
On busy days.
人事'忙迫
Generally conditions contrary to those enumerated in the above section.
及與上宜飲時相反事
Things to be avoided:
不宜用：
Bad water.
惡水
Bad utensils.
敝器
Brass spoons.
銅匙
Brass kettles.
銅銚
Wooden pails (for water) .
水桶
Wood for fuel ( on account of smoke).
柴薪
Soft charcoal.
麩炭
Coarse servant.
粗童
Bad-tempered maid.
惡婢
Unclean towels.
不潔巾悅
All varieties of incense and medicine.
各色果實香藥
Things and places to be kept away from :
不宜近：
Damp rooms. Kitchens. Noisy streets. Crying infants. Hotheaded persons.
Quarreling servants. Hot rooms.
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