Lu Yu’s Names
眠雲臥石
The Tang dynasty tea master Lu Yu 陸羽 (ca. 733-804 ca.) was known in his lifetime and throughout history by many names. The following appellations provide just some of the names by which he was known during his lifetime and by later writers.
Childhood names
Ji 疾, Malady, Blotchy, Deformity
Jici 季疵, Little Blemish
Surname and given names
Lu Yu 陸羽
Lu Ji 陸季
Lu Ji 陸疾
Surname and courtesy names
Lu Hongjian 陸鴻漸
Lu Jici 陸季疵
Lu Jibi 陸季庇
Aliases
Jingling zi 竟陵子, Master Jingling
Donggang zi 東崗子, Master East Ridge
Sangzhu weng 桑苧翁, Elder Mulberry and Nettle
Dongyuan zi 東園子, Master East Garden
Sobriquets
Lu san 陸三, Lu, The Third
Lu san shanren 陸三山人, Recluse Lu, The Third
Lu sheng 陸生, Sire Lu
Lu chushi 陸處士, Recluse Lu
Lu jushi 陸居士, Layman Lu
Lu Hongjian shanren 陸鴻漸山人, Recluse Lu Hongjian
Churen 楚人, Man of Chu
Chashan yushi 茶山御史, Tea Mountain Scribe
Dongyuan xiansheng 東園先生, Master East Garden
Honorifics
Lu Wenxue 陸文學, Imperial Instructor Lu
Lu Taizhu 陸太祝, Great Invocator Lu
Chadian 茶顛, Foremost Tea Master
Chasheng 茶聖, Tea Sage
Chaxian 茶仙, Tea Immortal
Chashen 茶神, Divinity of Tea