Acknowledgements List of maps, figures, and tables Abbreviations Chronology, dating, protagonists, and conventions Introduction 1 Cultures of tea, fragrance, and qin music today 2 Key terms, main arguments, and approaches 3 Community formation and scholar-artists 4 Community formation involving people, materials, experiences, and ephemeral practices1 Cultural construct 1 Relationship between tea, fragrance, and music 2 Tea 3 Fragrances and aromatic substances 4 Music from the qin and the prosody2 Economic construct 1 Tea and utensils 2 Aromatic substances 3 Qin 4 Transportation3 Artistic construct 1 Literati gatherings as constructed in paintings 2 Forming their own visual language 3 Tea in literary works 4 Aromatic substances in literary works 5 Qin in literary works Conclusion 1 Summary 2 The formation of scholar-artist communities 3 Methodological reflections on the history of art 4 Impact on contemporary issues Bibliography Appendix 1: Tea utensils Appendix 2: Images of water at different temperatures Appendix 3: Process of one of the simulation experiments of tea-tipping Appendix 4: Length of time, whisking frequency, and angle of inclination of whisking Glossary Index.