New Members PiffePaffePouffe Posted May 30, 2023 at 06:04 PM New Members Report Posted May 30, 2023 at 06:04 PM Hi! I got a very beautiful tea pot and I was wondering what the characters translate to in English - could someone help me out? Thank you! Quote
Jim Posted May 31, 2023 at 01:43 AM Report Posted May 31, 2023 at 01:43 AM 茶煙永日香 - "Eternal fragrance of steaming tea" as a rough translation. It's a quote from a poem by Fang Hui: 谷雨深春近，茶烟永日香_作者方回_出自《治圃杂书二十首·芍药抽红锐》_国学荟 (gushicimingju.com). I'll have a look in my anthologies and see if a better translator than me has given a good version. The 煙 is smoke rather than steam literally but I don't think it's used here to mean the charcoal under the pot. ETA Nothing in the anthologies I have to hand unfortunately. Seems there's a French translation of some of his poetry but nothing else mentioned. 2 Quote
New Members PiffePaffePouffe Posted May 31, 2023 at 07:17 AM Author New Members Report Posted May 31, 2023 at 07:17 AM This is excellent! Thank you very much, @Jim! Quote
Tomsima Posted May 31, 2023 at 11:57 AM Report Posted May 31, 2023 at 11:57 AM Might also be worth noting that the calligraphy looks like this is likely Japanese too Quote
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