我国古代有一种“端茶送客”的惯例,来客相见,仆役献茶,主人认为事情谈完,便端起茶杯请客用茶。来客嘴唇一碰杯中的茶水,侍役便高喊:“送客!”主人便站起身来送客,客人也自觉告辞。这样的惯例,避免了主人想结束谈话又不便开口、客人想告辞又不好意思贸然说出的尴尬,这就是古代“端茶送客”的典故,这也是茶用于古代日常交往的典型案例。而这个典故源于何时呢? In ancient China, there was a practice of “sending tea to the side of a tea”. Visitors met each other and the servants offered tea. The visitors’ lips touched the cup of tea, and the attendant shouted: “The delivery man!” The owner rose to send the guest, and the guests also voluntarily left. This practice, to avoid the owner wants to end the conversation inconvenient opening, the guests want to leave and embarrassed to rush to say that embarrassment, this is the ancient “tea”, allusions, which is typical of tea used in ancient day-to-day contacts Case. And when did the story come from?