论文部分内容阅读
在伦敦吉尔斯东大街9号的墙上有一块蓝色牌子,上面镌刻着这样的字名:植物学家福钧1880年逝世于此。你是否觉得此人是一个陌生的名人?不仅你有如此感觉,在这个70%的居民都养成了每天下午喝一杯茶的习惯的国家里,很少有人知道此人的冒险经历。福钧(又译“罗伯特·福琼”)曾在19世纪中叶潜入中国,在中国人鼻子底下窃取中国的茶叶机密。他的冒险行动收获巨大:现在,全世界的茶消费每年达9000亿杯之多!迄今为止,没有任何历史学家关注过福钧过去执行高风险任务的情况。但英国茶道爱好者、纪录影片制片人、法
On the wall of 9 Gilstad Street in London there is a blue sign engraved with the words: botanist Fou Jun died in 1880 here. Do you think this person is a strange celebrity? Not only do you feel that in a country where 70% of residents have developed the habit of having a cup of tea every afternoon, few know the person’s adventures. Fu Jun also sneaked into China in the mid-1800s to steal Chinese tea secrets under the nose of Chinese people. His adventures are hugely rewarding: now, the world consumes as much as 900 billion cups of tea a year! No historian so far has ever paid attention to the circumstances in which Fu Jun used to perform high-risk tasks. But British tea-lover, documentary producer, Act