Chashu quanji 茶書全集

Chashu quanji 茶書全集 is a series of books on tea compiled during the late Ming period 明 (1368-1644) by Yu Zheng 喻政 (1564–1659), courtesy name Zhanglan 漳瀾, and Xu Bo 徐{火+勃} (1563–1639), courtesy name Weiqi 惟起 or Xinggong 興公. There are two different versions of the series, namely the "Version No. 1" (Jiaben 甲本) printed in 1612, and the "Version No. 2" (Yiben 乙本) published in 1613.

The original title of the series was Chashu 茶書, as can be seen in the prefaces of Xie Zhaozhi 謝肇淛 (1567–1624) and Zhou Zhifu 周之夫 (b. 1579) in Version No. 1. It was compiled when Yu Zheng was prefect (zhifu 知府) of Fuzhou 福州. It includes 17 books. Version No. 2 includes a further preface by Yu Zheng which proves that the series was compiled in cooperation with Xu He. It includes 26 titles that were probably added by Xu Bo.

The Version No. 1 (Jiaben) is arranged in four parts named after the first four words of the Classic Yijing 易經 (Yuan 元, Heng 亨, Li 利, and Zhen 貞). However, the appendix Pengcha tuji 烹茶圖集 announced in the table of contents is not included in the series. It therefore seems to have been added in the second version.

Version No. 2 (Yiben) is divided into five sections named after Confucian virtues (Ren 仁, Yi 義, Li 禮, Zhi 智, and Xin 信). The 17 books of the first three sections are identical to those of the Jia version. The text also includes Cai Fuyi's 蔡復一 (1576–1625) poetry collection Chashi yong 茶事詠, which is not listed in the table of contents.

Copies of the two versions are owned by the Nanjing Library (Nanjing Tushuguan 南京圖書館), the Diet Library of Japan (Naikaku Bunko 內閣文庫), the Seikado Library (Seikadō Bunko 靜嘉堂文庫; only Version No. 1) and the Library of the Legislative Yuan in Taipeh (Guihui Tushuguan 國會圖書館; only Version No. 2).