Tea is a divine herb. Profits are ample if one plants it. The spirits are purified if one drinks it. It is something esteemed by the well-born and the well-to-do which the plebeians and social dregs also cannot do without. Truly it is a necessity in the daily life of man, and an asset for the fiscal prosperity of the commonwealth.
Xu Guangqi, Ming-era scholar-statesman (1562 - 1633) with NO CHINESE TRANSLATION help us!