Literati Tea Ceremony Reading Answers

1. Read the following text and answer questions 1 to 2.

The Tea Ceremony

Di Yongjun

Drinking tea, tea, is the Chinese children's heartfelt preference, is the Yanhuang descendants of the elegance of a thousand years. As the old saying goes, "The seven treasures of the literati, zither, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine and tea." The tea ceremony is connected with the six arts, and has become an important carrier of our traditional culture and art. Tea is also regarded as the enjoyment of life, a cure for disease, refreshment of the good, the bond of friendship, a symbol of civilization. Drinking tea is beneficial, and more should be polite and ethical. Based on this idea, in the long process of transmission, our ancestors gave tea drinking with rich cultural connotations. It has not been limited to the level of daily material needs, the growing development of sublimation into an elegant cultural arts - tea ceremony.

The so-called Tea Ceremony is to drink tea and cultivate the way, realize the way and strive to ultimately prove the way of life art, is to drink tea health and cultivate the unity of the way. No tea, the Road can not begin to talk about, "skin does not exist, hair will not attach" is also; and no Road, with tea is no more than a frog swallowing a cow drink, no interest. Therefore, the two complement each other, one without the other.

The tea ceremony of the four: said tea ceremony, tea ceremony, tea realm, cultivation. The so-called tea art refers to the preparation of equipment, water, fire, waiting for soup, a set of tea skills; the so-called tea ceremony refers to the tea activities in the etiquette, law; the so-called tea is the place of tea activities, environment; and the so-called Taoism, is through the tea activities to cultivate, enlightenment and body, in order to ultimately achieve the spirit of the sublimation of the most beautiful state of mind.

The tea ceremony in the cultivation of what road? In the end is the Confucian way, Taoism, Taoist way, or Zen and Buddhist way, will be due to the drinker's interest in different and have their own favorites. Generally speaking, it should be a comprehensive integration of the various ways, summarized in four levels of health, pleasure, cultivation, proof of Taoism. The proof of Taoism is the ideal goal of cultivation, is the ultimate pursuit of tea, is the highest state of life, can be interpreted as Confucianism's "all the subtleties and to the vast", but also can be tasted out of Taoism's "nothing to do and nothing to do", but also can be comprehended to the Buddha's The first is that the first is a "one-stop shop", and the second is a "one-stop shop", and the third is a "one-stop shop".

Reviewing the history of tea drinking in China, there is an evolutionary process of tea drinking method. Initially, the method of boiling tea, and then gradually figured out the three methods of frying, point, bubble. The tea ceremony is based on the three methods of frying, pointing, bubbling and become, the Chinese tea ceremony has also appeared in the pan-fried tea ceremony, pointing tea ceremony, bubble tea ceremony and other three forms.

The tea ceremony is the foundation of the tea ceremony, and the formation of the tea ceremony is bound to the popularity of tea as a prerequisite. Before the Tang Dynasty, although the custom of drinking tea, but the degree of popularity is still low. The Eastern Jin Dynasty, tea drinking among the scholarly and influential people gradually flourished, there has been the prototype of the tea ceremony, however, far from perfect. From the Jin Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, it is the budding period of the Chinese Tea Ceremony.

After the Tang Dynasty, tea drinking became a custom, and the people in the country were more "than the house of drinking", and quickly spread to the surrounding areas, and even flowed out of the country. To suzong, dai zong two dynasties, lu yu wrote "tea scripture", laid the foundation of the Chinese tea ceremony, and by jiao ran, often ber bear and other people to promote, increase and perfect, form "decoction of tea"; the northern song dynasty, cai xiang by "tea record", huizong zhao ji by "daguan tea theory", the formation of the "point of tea ceremony "; in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Yuan wrote "Tea Records", Xu Jishu wrote "Tea sparse", and the formation of "bubble tea Road". So it can be said that the Chinese tea ceremony in the Tang Dynasty, followed by the Song Dynasty and flourished in the Ming Dynasty.

With the passage of time, although China has produced a pan-fried tea ceremony, tea ceremony, tea ceremony, but due to the modern world without evidence, people's hearts fluctuating, mud and sand, jade and stone are burned, countless fine traditions, customs, skills, habits were abandoned, can not help but sigh. Pan-fried tea ceremony, tea ceremony in China has long been extinct, only the bubble tea ceremony still has a chance of survival.

(From Encyclopedia Knowledge, abridged)

The Tea Ceremony Readers Answers

2. The following expressions are in line with the meaning of the original text ( )

A. Tea is regarded as an enjoyable way of life, a good medicine for curing illnesses, a refreshing good, a bond of friendship, and a symbol of civilization, and thus it is endowed with a rich cultural connotation.

B. In ancient times, the method of drinking tea was known as the tea ceremony, which is the basis of the tea ceremony, including the preparation of equipment, water, fire, waiting for the soup, tea and other aspects.

C．The tea ceremony germinated in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and gradually took shape in the Tang Dynasty through the development and promotion of Lu Yu and Jing Jiao Ran, etc. It reached its heyday in the Ming Dynasty through the development of the Song and Yuan Dynasties.

D．With the change in the way of drinking tea, only the way of making tea has survived in China, while the more skillful ways of decocting and ordering tea have been abandoned.

Answer C

Answer A, "People have given tea drinking a rich cultural connotation", is based on the idea that "drinking tea is beneficial, and there should be more manners and ways". The tea ceremony is called the "tea ceremony", which is incorrect, and the "pan-fried tea ceremony" and the "tea ceremony" are better.

2. Read the following text and answer questions 3 to 5.

Cao Cao's "Short Songs" (one) has "the moon and stars, magpies fly south; three turns around the tree, what branches can be relied on" four lines. Historically, the understanding of these four lines is not quite the same, most think that this is a metaphor for indecisive talent in the situation of the three kingdoms at a loss. In the author's opinion, the magpie in the poem refers to the crows, and one of the meanings of "magpie" in the Dictionary of the Chinese Language refers to "crows". Since "crow" is related to the king's career, Cao Cao's lament here refers to the failure of the king's career to unify the country. Wang Yaoqu of the Qing Dynasty interpreted this poem, saying: "If you hate not being able to pick up the 'bright as the moon' and then worry about it, then you have been secretly adulterating the throne of heaven for a long time. ...... The moon is bright and the stars are scarce, not when the magpies fly, so three turns around the tree and no support, then the hero has no use for it. ...... Meng De to pour Han for the heart, its excuse Zhou Gong, not different from Wang Mang." ("Three Cao Data Compilation," p. 28, 1980 edition of the China Bookstore) This illustrates Cao Cao's use of the magpie flying south with nothing to fall back on as a metaphor for his inability to fully seize possession of the Han dynasty's kingdom.

Su Shi's "Red Cliff Fugue" intentionally quoted the poem "Short Songs" and said: "'The moon and stars are scarce, and the magpies fly south', is this not the poem of Cao Mengde? ...... Is this not the poem of Cao Mengde? Fang its broken Jingzhou, under the Jiangling, downstream and east also, poopdeck thousands of miles, flags covering the sky, left wine in the river, cross long lance poetry, solid one of the heroes of the world also, and today is in?"

Influenced by Su Shi, Luo Guanzhong intentionally arranged the storyline of Cao Cao's long lance poem in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and borrowed the novel's character Liu Fu's mouth to explain the four lines of the

poem: "'The moon and the stars are sparse, and the magpies are flying south; around the tree three times, what branch can be relied on?' This is an inauspicious statement." Luo Guanzhong apparently used the phrase "magpies fly south" to symbolize the failure of Cao Cao's southern expedition to achieve unification. Mao Zonggang commented on this section: "Su Zizhan's Red Cliff Fugue also quoted these four lines, thinking that Meng De was trapped in Zhou Lang, flying south but having nothing to cling to, which corresponded to his southern expedition but having nothing to show for it." Combined with Mao's comment, it can be seen that Luo Guanzhong intended to link the imagery of "Wu" with Wang Ye. Another example is the poem "Red Cliff" by Zhao Yi of the Qing Dynasty, which reads, "The magpie flies south without any Wei land, and the big river goes east with Zhou Lang." also expresses a similar view.

When exactly was the Short Song of Songs written, due to the lack of historical evidence, it is difficult to determine. The poems "Red Cliff Fugue", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Red Cliff" say that it was written at the time of the Battle of Red Cliff, but even though this is due to the imaginations and speculations of the literary scholars, they all have the tendency to associate the "magpies" with the unification of the nation's kingly cause, and to regard the lines "the magpies fly south" as a sign that Cao Cao's kingly cause has not been accomplished. The intention to regard the phrases "magpies flying south" as signs of Cao Cao's failure to accomplish his kingly endeavors is obvious.

4. One of the following does not belong to the basis of the author's own opinion ( )

A. It is traditionally believed that this is a metaphor for the hesitant talents who were at a loss in the situation of the three kingdoms.

B．The Hanyu Da Dictionary explains that one of the meanings of the word "magpie" is "crow".

C．The appearance of crows in ancient literature could foretell the return of the kingdom.

D. Wang Yaoqu, Su Shi, Luo Guanzhong and Zhao Yi interpreted and quoted these lines.

Answer A

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Answer The sentence "historically, many people think ......" specifies the view of the majority of the people throughout the ages, and is not the basis of the author's argument

5. The following is an incorrect understanding of the relevant contents of the original text. The following understanding of the content of the original text, the incorrect one is ( )

A. The poem "Red Cliff Fugue", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Red Cliff" set the time of the writing of "Short Songs and Acts" as the time of the Battle of Red Cliff, which is the imagination of literary scholars and speculation.

B．Mao Zonggang's comment aims to reveal the intention of quoting "Short Songs" in "Red Cliff Fugue" and Luo Guanzhong's purpose of intentionally arranging the plot of Cao Cao's cross-long lance poem.

C．The author's understanding of the lines "magpies fly south" in the Song of Songs is identical with that of Su Shi, Luo Guanzhong and Zhao Yi.

D．In this article, the author not only expresses his own views on the understanding of the phrase "magpies fly south" in the Song of Songs, but also clarifies that the word "crow" has been used as an imagery of Wang Ye for a long time.

Answer C

Analyze "completely consistent" is wrong. The author's point of view is shown in the sentence "What Cao Cao lamented here ......", and the point of view of Su Shi and others is shown at the end of the text in the sentence "They all ...... were obvious" sentence shows that can only be said to be basically the same.

3, read the following text, answer 6 to 8 questions.

The Gossip Tone in Prose

Wu Yongfu

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of prose writing is the tone of the writing. The tone is a sign of a writer's maturity. In modern prose, there is a very popular tone, is the tone of gossip. Hu Shi once said: "vernacular prose is very progressive. The most noteworthy development in prose is the 'small prose' advocated by Zhou Zuoren and others. This kind of sketch, with plain talk, contains profound meaning; sometimes it is very much like clumsiness, but in fact it is comical. The success of this kind of work can completely break the superstition that 'beautiful writing cannot be in the vernacular'." It can be seen that the so-called gossip tone of writing is the style of conversation, or to compose in a conversational manner.

This kind of style was advocated by Zhou Zuoren, Lin Yutang and others, and it was said to be centered on the spirit of nature and to be leisurely. Lin Yutang was enamored of this style of conversation, and repeatedly stated it in many articles. Because Lin Yutang appreciated the conversation style of writing, and also advocated the expansion of the length of the prose, but to challenge the simplicity of the ancient text, it is not enough to be trained. It is naturally good to write in a conversational style, but writing is not exactly the same as talking. If you really record the process of that kind of conversation, it's enough to pull the strings, not to mention the wandering of the topic. Mr. Liang Shiqiu is much wiser when he strives for conciseness in writing. Echoing Zhou Zuoren, Lin Yutang advocated self-centeredness and a leisurely tone, but with a special emphasis on humor. Humor can add wit to a text, but if promoted with too much fanfare, it can become a humor in itself.

The tone of gossip is a more natural way of speaking in prose. This tone is to talk to communicate, there is an object of conversation in mind, so you can start communication. There is no restriction on the topics to be talked about, according to Lin Yutang, it is the universe and the fly that can be talked about. However, the writer's speech is still inseparable from his heart or temperament, so the topics he talks about are also subject to his likes and dislikes. However, it may be assumed that the readers also have the same preferences in that aspect, so that communication can be reached. Although this kind of style has a kind of covering effect, but does not hinder the talk of each person, not a thousand people, can have their own face. For example, Zhou Zuoren's creations were mainly leisure-oriented, thus emphasizing the so-called art of living. But in the retired mentality, but also not without the bitterness of life in the study, so in the leisure seeped out a bitter flavor. Although Lin Yutang said that the humor, but also frank and talk, not without the style of the celebrities. As for humor, perhaps to count Liang Shiqiu. But Liang Shiqiu is also the heart of elegance, humor is only used to repel all kinds of indecent, the so-called opposite is also. And Lao She, humor for humor, is not good. He is obviously too much emphasis on humor, and as the main theme of the composition, but may fall into the slippery. In fact, humor in the text, more than a kind of embellishment, can be added to the line of harmonic interest, but if you want to humor down from beginning to end, it is often not good.

So even if the same gossip tone, but also different, this is the real personal tone. But the individual should speak to the self, and the self is in between the big I and the small I, it is necessary to grasp the balance. For example, Zhou Zuoren opposes carrying the way and speaking the will, thus completely changing the writing from carrying the way to speaking the will, but is confined to the personal disposition, the gain is small, so the small piece of writing is also reduced to a small ornament. In fact, the relationship between the word "will" and the word "carry" is not a simple antithesis. Social life is characterized by the formation of a variety of concepts, can also be said to have their own way. If the text is full of the tone of the Tao, in fact, is to act as a variety of concepts of the microphone, which is in the text of the loss of self. However, I am afraid that it is unrealistic to think of oneself as completely free from all kinds of concepts. Just as people live in society, all kinds of concepts or paths have a kind of constraining effect on human beings. Yu Dafu once said, "The greatest characteristic of modern prose is that the individuality expressed in each piece of prose by each writer is stronger than any prose before." In other words, it is modern prose that emphasizes individuality. If personality is erased, and it serves as a megaphone for certain ideas, it is still a text that carries the Word. In prose, the tone is indeed personal. And the so-called personal tone, is to form a unique personalized way of speaking in prose.

The Way of Tea Reading Answers

(from Reading and Writing, with deletions)

7. The following analysis of the creative styles of various writers is incorrect ( )

A．Zhou Zuoren is predominantly idle, but there is also a bookish bitterness in his idleness.

B．Lin Yutang pursues humor, but is forthright, reflecting the style of a famous scholar.

C．Laoshe's humor for the sake of humor, deliberately, counterproductive, with an oily wind.

D. Liang Shiqiu was concise and elegant in his writing, using humor to counteract all kinds of indecency.

Answer C

Analyze It is easy to fall into the oily style.

8. According to the content of the original text, one of the following understandings and analyses is correct ( )

A. It is a major feature of China's modern prose that it is the most important progress in vernacular prose to use plain talk to conceal profound meanings. )

B．The key to a writer's maturity is whether he has developed a truly personal tone, which is expressed in different ways

.

C．Because writing in a conversational manner is not as concise as ancient writing, the length of prose in the style of gossip is often

very long.

D．If the text is all in the tone of a speech, it loses itself in the text, so the writing should be changed from a speech to an expression of the author's personality.

Answer B

Answer A is not all the modern prose. C is not the expression "often very long". D can not be fully converted to speech.