1. Good tea attracts guests by itself.

2. Tea affairs are life affairs.

3. High mountains produce tea leaves; low hills produce tea seeds.

4. High mountains yield good tea, famous mountains yield famous tea, and famous teas are found in China.

5. Good tea fears no careful tasting, good deeds fear no detailed discussion.

6. The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, the friendship between tea lovers is as mellow as tea.

7. When a guest comes from afar, receive him with tea.

8. Snatch leisure from a busy life, and have a cup of tea; find joy amidst hardship, and pour another bowl of wine.

9. Plains people never leave glutinous rice cakes; mountain people never leave bitter tea.

10. A cup of clear tea brings close intimacy.

11. A scholar's inspiration often comes after meals and tea.

12. Tea is grass, the guest is treasure; offending tea merchants is no small matter.

13. Tobacco and alcohol are in-laws; tobacco and tea are enemies.

14. Tea is the medicine for all ailments.

15. Tea has its way, eating has its way.

16. Drink tea for its flavor, watch a play for its completeness.

17. In the bitter and sweet taste of tea, one can comprehend the essence and philosophy of life.

18. A cup of tea, savoring the ups and downs of life; an ordinary heart, creating a world of ten thousand years.

19. View the mortal world with a cold eye through tea; pass through spring and autumn with a heart calmed by tea.

20. The tea ceremony emphasizes the beauty of five elements—tea leaves, water, heat, tea ware, and environment.

21. The taste of tea lies generally in its interplay of bitterness or sweetness, strength or lightness; from it, one savors a calm life, an unforgettable life, a life that smiles at the light clouds and gentle breeze.

22. Generally, the wonder of tea may allow one to taste a flavor of life!

23. Two taels of tea leaves for a catty of salt, a catty and a half of tea leaves can buy clothing, improving life is within sight; a catty of tea leaves for ten catties of steel, four catties of tea leaves for a hundred catties of grain, building a strong and prosperous motherland.