Q0413

Zhaozhou Congshen

A verified English rendering from the curated archive.

English

Go drink tea.
Thinker Zhaozhou Congshen
School Zen
Source “Go drink tea”
Theme Philosophy
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Source context

This English passage is associated with “Go drink tea”, within the tradition of Zen. The wording below is a verified rendering prepared for careful reading rather than a claim of unique translation authority.

A short reading

Read in the register of philosophy, the sentence asks the reader to test an assumption rather than to collect a slogan. In Zhaozhou Congshen's wider work, similar claims are usually offered as prompts for judgment: what would have to be true for the sentence to hold, and what would follow if it did?

How to cite this quotation

APA: Zhaozhou Congshen. (n.d.). Go drink tea. In Philosophy Blind Box. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0413

MLA: Zhaozhou Congshen. “Go drink tea..” Philosophy Blind Box, https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0413.

Chicago: Zhaozhou Congshen. “Go drink tea..” Philosophy Blind Box. Accessed 2026. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0413.

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