This is especially true of those who realized how frail the human mind could be in face of temptations without the support of an “outside” moral authority (when a person was left alone To deal with his own conscience without the usual support of the moral teachings of the ancient sages). The proliferation of discourses on desire during that period is unprecedented in Chinese history. with its unique narrative capacity and representational power, fiction seems to have offered itself as the best medium to Explore in depth the complexities, ambivalences, And Contradictions associated with desire in contemporary discourses. The former was more common, and the latter was largely used for emphatic purpose, although the two were basically interchangeable. These seven, men are capable of without having learned them. Before pleasure, anger, sorrow, and joy are aroused, it is called equilibrium. When they are aroused, and each and all attain due measure and degree, it is called harmony.