《中国风俗辞典》有这样一段叙述:“茶令流行于江南地区。饮茶时以一人令官,饮者皆听其号令,令官出难题,要求人解答执行。做不到者以茶为赏罚。”酒有酒令,茶也有茶令,这是一个非常富有文化意义的创举。应该说,茶令最早出现在宋代,它是宋代兴盛斗茶的产物。斗茶之初乃是“二三人聚集一起,煮水烹茶,对斗品论长道短,决出品次”(见宋人唐庚《斗茶记》)。随着斗茶之风遍及朝野,尤其是文人更为嗜好,斗茶由论 “Chinese customs dictionary” has such a narrative: “tea is popular in the Jiangnan area .Drink tea when a person orders official, sip all listen to the order, so that official problems, ask people to answer the implementation. For the reward and punishment. ”Wine wine order, tea also has tea, this is a very cultural initiative. It should be said that tea was first appeared in the Song Dynasty, it is the product of the Song Dynasty flourished tea. The beginning of the tea fight is “Two or three people gathered together, boil water to cook tea, on the gambling on the long road short, determine the quality ” (see Tang Geng Tang Tea "). With the style of tea throughout the ruling and opposition parties, especially the literati more hobby, tea by the theory