"Taoist" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the officer said, "but not diplomats. They are Taoist priests, and the chances are that they have a tumble-down temple in this vicinity. They are not very ...
— Boy Scouts on Motorcycles - With the Flying Squadron • G. Harvey Ralphson
... to the enumeration and description of the twenty-four members of the tea-equipage, beginning with the tripod brazier and ending with the bamboo cabinet for containing all these utensils. Here we notice Luwuh's predilection for Taoist symbolism. Also it is interesting to observe in this connection the influence of tea on Chinese ceramics. The Celestial porcelain, as is well known, had its origin in an attempt to reproduce the exquisite shade of jade, ...
— The Book of Tea • Kakuzo Okakura |
