His famous "Three Steepings Treatise" depicts a life as tea--the first steeping is a girl at age 12 (the tea is slightly astringent), the second is her at 16 (the tea's flavor comes to fruition), and the third is after marriage (the tea is past its prime, yet the flavor lingers).
他有名的「三泡論」──第一泡茶是 12 歲的幼女（略顯青澀），第二泡是年齡恰當的 16 歲女郎（風味最佳），第三泡則已是少婦了（過熟，但風韻猶存）──也傳誦一時。