Professor Cheng tells this story about Lu Yu, who was regarded as a "tea god": Once when Lu Yu was traveling, he passed through Yangzhou and paid a visit to his friend Li Ji. Overjoyed, Li Ji suggested they go draw some water from the famous Nanling Spring in the middle of the Yangzi River and make a pot of tea.
鄭培凱教授曾引茶聖陸羽的一則故事：有次陸羽路經楊州，碰到他的茶友李季卿，高興萬分的李季卿便說：楊州鄰近天下名泉揚子江心南零水，何不取之來烹一壺茶，便派了一位可靠的軍士前去取水。