Eating rice or eating rice
吃米还是吃饭
This was one of my encounter with the Grandmaster of Chinese
Tea.
A young and over eager enthusiastic me : “Instruct me in the
way of Tea ? “
Master Sim : “ when u are hungry, what do you do ? “
Me : “ Eat “
Master sim : “ When u are thirsty , what do u do ? “
Me : “ Drink, drink water to be precise.”
Master Sim : “ When you eat rice do you eat the uncooked
rice or cooked rice ? “ “吃米还是吃饭”
Me : “ Cooked rice ! “ 吃饭
Master sim : “ Very good , do you understand ? “
After some months of pondering,
My answer : “Eating
rice is different from eating rice. But Eating rice is still eating rice! “
吃饭不是吃米, 吃饭也是吃米 !
Master Sim : “ So what is your problems! “
Master Sim : “ The way of tea is nothing but tea and water .
“
Me : “ there is eating rice and there is eating rice”
“吃米还是吃饭”
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