Thus chastened in spirit, quiet in mind and surrounded by proper company, one is fit to enjoy tea.
一个人在这种神清气爽、心气平静、知己满前的境地中， 方真能领略到茶的滋味。
For tea is invented for quiet company as wine is invented for a noisy party.
因为茶须静品，而酒则须热闹。
There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.
茶之为物，性能引导我们进入一个默想人生的世界。
It would be as disastrous to drink tea with babies crying around, or with loud—voiced women or politics-talking men, as to pick tea on a rainy or a cloudy day.
when the morning air on mountain top was clear and thin, and the fragrance of dews was still upon the leaves,
当山上的空气极为清新， 露水的芬芳尚留于叶上时，
tea is still associated with the fragrance and refinement of the magic dew in its enjoyment.
所采的茶叶方称上品。
With the Taoist insistence upon return to nature, and with its conception that the universe is kept alive by the interplay of the male and female forces,
照中国人说起来，露水实在具有芬芳和神秘的功用，和茶的优劣很有关系。
the dew actually stands for the "juice of heaven and earth" when the two principles are united at night,
照道家的宇宙之能生存全恃阴阳二气交融的说法，露水实在是天地在夜间和融后的精英。
and the idea is current that the dew is a magic food, fine and clear and ethereal, and any man or beast who drinks enough of it stands a good chance of being immortal.
至今尚有人相信露水为清 鲜神秘的琼浆，多饮即能致人兽长生。
De Quincey says quite correctly that tea "will always be the favorite beverage of the intellectual,
特昆雪所说的话很对， 他说："茶永远是聪慧的人们的饮料。
but the Chinese seem to go further and associate it with the high-minded recluse.
Thus chastened in spirit, quiet in mind and surrounded by proper company, one is fit to enjoy tea. For tea is invented for quiet company as wine is invented for a noisy party. There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life. It would be as disastrous to drink tea with babies crying around, or with loud—voiced women or politics-talking men, as to pick tea on a rainy or a cloudy day. Picked at early dawn on a clear day, when the morning air on mountain top was clear and thin, and the fragrance of dews was still upon the leaves, tea is still associated with the fragrance and refinement of the magic dew in its enjoyment. With the Taoist insistence upon return to nature, and with its conception that the universe is kept alive by the interplay of the male and female forces, the dew actually stands for the "juice of heaven and earth” when the two principles are united at night, and the idea is current that the dew is a magic food, fine and clear and ethereal, and any man or beast who drinks enough of it stands a good chance of being immortal. De Quincey says quite correctly that tea "will always be the favorite beverage of the intellectual，” but the Chinese seem to go further and associate it with the high-minded recluse.
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