Sake and Tea Theory - Shucharon

Japanese: 酒茶論 - しゅちゃろん

This is a type of comic literature in which different things compete with each other for superiority, and is a debate between the two leading drinkers: alcohol (heavy drinkers) and tea (non-drinkers). An ancient work by the name of Chashu-on-shu (Discussion on Tea and Alcohol) is thought to date from the late Tang dynasty in China. In Japan, there are two works by the same name. One is Shushu-on-shu (Discussion on Alcohol and Tea), written in 1576 (Tensho 4) by the Zen monk Lanshu Genshu of Otsutsu Temple in Gifu, and is a work of over 2,000 characters in classical Chinese. The second is Shushu-on-shu (Discussion on Alcohol and Tea), a one-volume kana story (completed in the early 17th century) by an unknown author. In the former, a debate between Wangyou-kun, a heavy drinker, and Dangbo-shi, a non-drinker, cites a Chinese historical story, and at the end, a casual drinker appears and draws a line between them, saying, "Alcohol is alcohol, and tea is tea."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

異類のものが互いに優劣を争う戯作文学の一類型で，飲みものの雄である酒(上戸)と茶(下戸)の論争である。古くは中国晩唐の作と推定される《茶酒論》がある。日本では同名の作品が2編ある。一つは岐阜乙津寺の禅僧蘭叔玄秀（らんしゆくげんしゆう）が1576年(天正4)にした《酒茶論》で，漢文体2000字あまりの作品。第2は作者不明の仮名草子《酒茶論》1巻(17世紀前期成立)である。前者は上戸の忘憂君と下戸の滌煩子が中国の故事を引いて論争し，最後は閑人が登場して〈お酒はお酒，お茶はお茶〉と引きわける。

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