Zhuquan xiaopin 煮泉小品

Zhuquan xiaopin 煮泉小品 is a book on water for cooking tea compiled during the Ming period 明 (1368-1644) by Tian Yiheng 田藝蘅 (1524–1591), courtesy name Ziyi 子藝. He hailed from Qiantang 錢塘 (modern Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang) and was a teacher in a local school in Ningxian 寧縣. For his broad knowledge and high education, he was compared to the scholar Yang Shen 楊慎 (1488–1559). Tian's collected writings are called Daming tongwen ji 大明同文集 and Tian Ziyi ji 田子藝集. He also wrote Liuqing rizha 留青日札 and Laozi zhixuan 老子指玄, a commentary on the Daodejing 道德經.

The short Zhuquan xiaopin assesses the quality of waters used for cooking tea. The waters are divided into ten different kinds: sources (yuanquan 源泉), stony creeks (shiliu 石流), cold and clear waters (qinghan 清寒), sweet and fragrant waters (ganxiang 甘香), waters befitting to tea (yicha 宜茶), "numinous" waters (lingshui 靈水), extraordinary wells (yiquan 異泉), riverine waters (jiangshui 江水), and waters from wells (jingshui 井水). The last chapter (Xutan 緒談) is a final discussion. More than half of the book consists of quotations from ancient writings, and the author doesn't add any novelties to his arguments. The preface, written by Zhao Guan 趙觀, is dated 1554.

The Zhuquan xiaopin was owned by the library of the Imperial Household Department. It is included in the series Chongding Xinshangbian 重訂欣賞編, Baoyantang miji 寶顏堂秘笈, Xianqing xiaopin 閒情小品, Chashu quanji 茶書全集, Xu Shuofu 續說郛 and Shuoku 說庫.