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III. Far East, South and South-East Asia / Дальний Восток, Южная и Юго-Восточная Азия 576 Proceedings of the International Congress on Historiography and Source Studies of Asia and Africa.Vol. I. 2020 浮梁歙州 1 ，萬國來求，蜀山蒙頂 2 ，騎山驀嶺 3 。 [Tea merchants] of ten thousand countries aspire to Fuliang [that is] in Xizhou, crossing the mountain ranges of Mengding [that rise] in Shu. 舒城太湖 4 ，買婢買奴。 [Tea merchants] in the city of Shucheng near Lake Taihu buy slaves. 越郡余杭 5 6 ，金帛為囊。 [In the town of] Yuhang, [that is] in Yuejun, gold and silk [are measured] in bags. 素紫天子 7 ，人間亦少，商客來求，舡車塞紹。 [Tea] with purple buds is as noble as the Son of Heaven, [among people it] is very rare. Merchants and guests all arrive [for a taste], boats and wagons block [roads and canals]. 據此蹤由，阿誰合小？ If we proceed from these reasons, then who is less significant? 酒謂茶曰 ：阿你不聞道： Wine addresses Tea: You do not heed the voice of reason: 1 The geographical understanding of 浮梁歙州 is the county of Fuliang, Xizhou district (Jiansu province), traditionally a tea growing area in China. Historically, the Fuliang county had a reputation as a “source of porcelain” and the “homeland of tea”. 2 Mengding tea (or mengshan tea) was one of the most popular types of tea of the Tang and Song dynasties, well known in the history of tea culture. 3 Astable phraseological combination ( chengyu ) 騎山驀嶺 qi shan mo ling literally means “to ride horseback over the mountains”, “passing over the mountain ranges”. 4 The Shucheng county (now Anhui province) is also traditionally a tea growing area in China. The production and trade of tea play an important role in the development of the economy of this region. The main type of tea grown here is the “Shucheng small orchid” ( shucheng xiao lanhua ) (Li Meng. Shucheng xian cha chanye fazhan SWOT fenxi ( 李夢。舒 城縣茶產業發展 SWOT 分析 ). [SWOT analysis of the tea industry development in Shucheng county]. Anhui caijing daxue jingji xueyuan, 2015. P. 71). 5 The Yuhang district is located in the northern part of the modern city of Hangzhou. The district has long been famous for its “fertile land rich in fish and rice”. Hangzhou plays the role of a traditional sericulture center in China. 6 In the original text, the character 杭 hang (the abbreviated name of the modern city of Hangzhou) is mistakenly replaced by the symbol 坑 keng. 7 Potentially, the tea type being referred to is 紫 芽 ziya (“purple kidneys”), a rare and expensive kind of Pu’er tea of natural or artificial fermentation, made from tea leaves of various shades of purple gathered from the upper branches of a tea bush. Tea from purple kidneys in this case is compared with the merits of the emperor, which is rarely found in a commoner’s possession.