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Hundreds of Interesting Tea Talks: Anecdotes About Tea Events in Ancient and Modern China and Abroad
Drink tea and listen to stories! This book collects all kinds of interesting stories about tea, from Shen Nong's unexpected discovery when he tasted hundreds of herbs, to the absurd queues at Internet celebrity milk tea shops; from Lu Yu's embarrassing incident of drinking ink by mistake when distinguishing water, to the wonder of astronauts making tea in space. The book contains not only palace secrets about emperors and tea, but also jokes about tea rituals in folk wedding customs. It not only
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Records of Heaven-Given Strange Stories: the Secret Affairs of Chinese Emperors
The dragon chair is a torture stool Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty drunkenly mounted his royal horse and ran wildly in the Weiyang Palace, shouting "I want to hunt all over the world". The string of pearls fell all over the ground, and the eunuchs climbed up and down to pick up the jade beads, as if they were cleaning up the broken majesty everywhere! Emperor Jiajing huddled in the corner of the alchemy room, tremblingly swallowing the "Yuan Xing Dan" refined with the menstrual blood of his palac
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Anecdotes About Drinking Events in Ancient and Modern Times, Both at Home and Abroad
Drink, listen to stories, and savor life! Open this book and you will find that wine is never just what is in the glass. Let's take a look at Liu Ling, a famous scholar in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. When he was drunk, he was naked in his room. When asked by his friends, he laughed and said, "I use the heaven and the earth as a building, and the house as a robe." There is also Li Bai, the "wine master" of the Tang Dynasty, who dared to ask Gao Lishi to take off his boots after being drunk, and wr
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The Secret History of Ancient Rome
Learn about the history of ancient Rome through anecdotes and secret histories! Romulus, who grew up drinking wolf's milk, quarreled with his brother over furrows while building the city; Sabine women extinguished the flames of war with tears, but were painted as heroes by later painters; King Numa consulted with fairies late at night for advice on legislation, transforming Rome from a wolf's den into a city-state that respects rules... There are no awkward terms here, only the smoke and smoke o
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The Secret History of Ancient India
In the dazzling galaxy of human civilization, ancient Indian civilization is like a mysterious and dazzling star, exuding a fascinating and elusive light. Opening this book is like opening a time door to the mysterious ancient world, taking you through thousands of years and experiencing countless jaw-dropping and incredible strange stories in that land. The content presented in the book is rich beyond imagination. The Vedic creation myth full of mystery, Brahma's birth from a golden egg to crea
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