Word: teas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Taoism seemed too vague and personal to combat Marxism, and the Western ethos was still too alien. The teachings of Confucius (551-479 B.C.) looked like the answer. With its adoration of knowledge, its rigid pattern of family life, its elaborate ritual for such everyday acts as pouring tea and laying place-mats, Confucianism still has strong practical appeal in chaotic Asia. And because it is not a religion but a philosophy-it does not deal with theology or speculation-it can be followed without conflict by people of many religions...
...What's that you're eating?" I asked the man in the orange dragon vest by way of conversation. The girl poured me some tea...
...discreetly dumped the remainder of my plate into the frying pan, and gazed raptly at the chipped white tea...
...What do your tea leaves tell you?" my friend with the dragon inquired. He had pretended not to notice how fast I cleaned my plate. There wasn't any sugar for the tea...
...They say you find messages in the tea-formations." He chuckled quietly at his dry wit. My tea leaves looked rather like cigarette ashes...