The early poems of GUO Mo-ruo, who was familiar with the four rules of Japanese tea ceremony, gave expression of the essential spirit of the four rules: harmony, respect, limpidness and quietness.

• 深谙茶道的中国现代作家郭沫若,其早期诗歌创作表现了茶道“四规”的“和、敬、清、寂”的内在精神实质。