论荣西《喫茶养生记》的意象

On Images in Eisai's Drinking Tea for Health

在中国,"喫茶"的说法自唐朝以后就很少使用,仅还留存于佛教文献和地方茶文化的口述中。荣西的《喫茶养生记》写于他从南宋留学回国后,他在书中将"喫茶"理解为治疗行为,这既不同于当时中国宋代士大夫阶层的茶文化意象,也有别于日本贵族自中国唐代接受的茶道理念。荣西从养生入手借治身以治心,推广喫茶中的心身一体,由此构建日本新兴武士阶层的"士文化"。

In China, the phrase "eating tea" has been seldom used since the Tang Dynasty, except in Buddhist books and local dialects. Drinking Tea for Health was written by Eisai after he came back to Japan from China. In the book, he thought drinking tea equals to taking medicine, which was different from Chinese intellectual tea culture of Song Dynasty or Japanese old royal tea rituals. Eisai promoted the unity of body and mind in drinking tea to construct the "warrior culture" of Japan’s emerging Samurai class.