一国际茶叶贸易起源关于我国茶叶的对外贸易,起源于何年代,众说纷纭。据茶业界权威人士论述,始自西汉传入日本,距今已两千余年。其主要论证为:“中国与南洋诸国海路通商,西汉时期就已开始了。”从而推论为茶叶对外贸易亦始于此时。笔者作为此论,尚待进一步从史料核实,现就管见所及,提出一些看法。其一,《后汉书卷——五东夷传》记载,我国汉武帝元封二年(公元前109年)以后,与日本开始通商。日本曾多次派遣使者并携带礼物前来中国,但回赠礼物“除了金印 The origin of an international tea trade About China’s foreign trade of tea, originated in any age, different opinions. According to authoritative sources in the tea industry, it has been introduced to Japan from the Western Han Dynasty for more than two thousand years. Its main argument is: “China and the Southeast Asian countries, the sea business, the Western Han Dynasty has begun.” Thus deduced that the foreign trade of tea also began at this time. As this theory, the author needs to further verify it from historical sources. First, “the Han Dynasty volumes - Five Dong Yi Chuan” records, Han Wu Di Yuan Feng two years (109 BC) later, began trading with Japan. Japan has dispatched its messengers many times and brought gifts to China, but the gift of gifts "is not only the gold seal