Desire fruits

Author: Zhang Jingbo
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Confucius in the Spring and Autumn period said, "Food and sex are natural inclinations." It is said that the "food" here does not only refer to imperial banquets or Manhan Quanxi, but also to steamed buns, stinky tofu, and of course, post-meal snacks like small melon seeds and dried fruits. So, following the old master, I said that melons and fruits also have desires, and I thought it wasn't just nonsense. In the summer of 2004, the heat was so intense that the author felt like a flame trying to escape, desperately seeking something refreshing. Suddenly, he saw grapes—juicy, delicate grapes! In that instant, they quenched the dryness in his heart, and a gratitude for singing and praising them surged within him. Suddenly, he recalled Confucius's famous saying and decided to write something as a. The title was "Sensual Grapes," aiming to improve readability for "breaking into the spotlight." The text included stories of famous figures, fictional tales, and even rumors. He sent it to Yu Shaolei, the deputy editor of Nanfang Metropolis, who replied with his style: "Waiting for layout." Later, when it was published, Yu added a small column title: "Food and Sex Are Natural Inclinations." The author immediately felt it had potential, because everyone knew there were far more sensual things than grapes. Thus, lychees, apples, cucumbers, pears, and gradually, these small pieces began to form a series, and writing them became increasingly difficult. Beyond avoiding repetitive tones, each fruit had to have a unique theme, and the word count had to be around a thousand—well, that was tough. Fortunately, the materials were detailed, and cutting and stitching was no problem, so he managed to write them anyway. As he wrote, the author became curious. These fruits and vegetables weren’t actually becoming sensual through his hands; for example, lychees with Yang Guifei, cherries with Bai Juyi, plums with Pan Jinlian, pomegranates with Wu Zetian—all of them had documented romantic tales. It seemed that as long as one had good eyesight, they could see beauty in life. As a famous director once said, "secular desires are also a kind of beauty." Fruits and vegetables, as an indispensable part of human life, bring joy, desire, and beauty to ordinary people. This selfless beauty moved him. At the same time, human emotions, thoughts, and culture are constantly projected into every aspect of life, such as fruits and vegetables. Therefore, the history of some fruits and vegetables contains a rich humanistic color, and this humanistic beauty cannot be ignored. All things have spirits. Some say, a person's palate thinks, their eyes think, their stomach thinks—why not fruits and vegetables? After writing about sixty types of fruits and vegetables, the author suddenly felt reverence for these crystallizations of nature. Out of reverence, love arose. You see, it’s getting cliché again, isn’t it?!