我国第一部茶叶专著——陆羽著《茶经》于唐代(公元765年)问世,书中对湖南产茶地直接提到的仅“衡州”,间接点到的有茶陵和溆浦。据文献记载,唐代湖南茶叶的产地已遍及湘、资、沅、澧四水流域,说明当时茶叶生产发展已相当普及。显然,湖南茶叶产区,应当是在唐代以前或前几个世纪就已形成了。当然,这不能凭主观想象,应当由可靠的史料来证实。古书《荆州土地记》曾有“武陵七县通出茶,最 The first tea monograph in our country - Lu Yu’s The Book of Tea came out in the Tang Dynasty (AD 765). The book directly refers to only “Hengzhou” Pu. According to the literature, the origin of Hunan tea in the Tang Dynasty has spread throughout Hunan, Ziyuan, Yuan and Qishuanshui, indicating that the development of tea production was quite popular at that time. Obviously, Hunan tea production areas should have been formed before or during the first few centuries. Of course, this can not be confirmed by subjective imagination and by reliable historical materials. The ancient book “Jingzhou land” had "Wuling seven counties out of tea, most