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{{Short description|9th century monograph written by Zhang Youxin (张又新)}}
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{{Wikisource|lang=zh|煎茶水記}}

'''''Report on Water for Brewing Tea''''' ({{Zh|c=|t=煎茶水记|p=Jiāncháshuǐjì}}) is a tea [[monograph]] by late [[Tang dynasty]] era author [[Zhang Youxin]] ({{Zh|c=|t=张又新}}) from 814.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Yu |first=Chen |last2=Xiaoqin |first2=D. U. |date=2024-09-15 |title=Cultural Connotation of Literati Tea in the Tang and Song Dynasties and Its Forming Process |url=https://journal.hep.com.cn/fhc/EN/10.3868/s020-013-024-0013-4 |journal=Frontiers of History in China |language=en |volume=19 |issue=3 |pages=287–311 |doi=10.3868/s020-013-024-0013-4 |issn=1673-3401}}</ref> This book is the earliest monograph wholly devoted to the quality of [[water]] for [[Steeping|brewing]] [[tea]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2025}} In the 13th century, it was compiled alongside several other texts on tea from the same period into the ''Baichuan xuehai'' ({{Zh|t=百川學海}}).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Zanini |first=Livio |date=2017-02-13 |title=Chinese Writings on Tea: Classifications and Compilations |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/mqyj/21/1/article-p44_44.xml |journal=Ming Qing Yanjiu |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=44–57 |doi=10.1163/24684791-12340013 |issn=2468-4791}}</ref>

==Content==
The primary content of the work was a list of water sources and the quality of these sources. Parts included:
* A short list of water sources from seven locations, ranked from 1 to 7:
# Nanling of [[Yangtze]] river.
# [[Wuxi]] Hui Mountain Temple Spring
# [[Suzhou]] [[Tiger Hill, Suzhou|Tiger Hill]] Temple Spring
# Danyang Guanyin Temple
# [[Yangzhou]] [[Da Ming temple]]
# Wuzhong River
# [[Huai River]]
# Temple of Small Gods fountain.
* An anecdote about [[Lu Yu]]'s marvellous ability as water connoisseur.
* A longer list of water quality ranking from twenty locations, with water from melting snow placed last.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sen |first=Sōshitsu |title=The Japanese way of tea: from its origins in China to Sen Rikyū |date=2010 |publisher=University of Hawai'i Press |isbn=978-0-8248-1990-3 |location=Honolulu}}</ref>

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