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"Tea and Other Decoctions for 'NourishingLife' in Medieval China"

Tuesday, October 23, 2012
4:00 AM
1636 SSWB

Professor Benn will examine one significant way in which tea, a relatively new beverage in Tang-dynasty China, was first consumed and understood: alongside other decoctions intended to promote health and wellness. He will look at a range of materials including poetry, material medica, monastic regulations and polemical treatises in order to better appreciate medieval Chinese concepts of tea, its benefits,and it potential hazards.

Speaker:
James Benn, McMaster University