The literary community in mainland China has for many years operated within a very tight straightjacket. For a long time, love could only be described in platonic terms. Where sexual desire was dealt with at all, it was only mentioned in order to pass criticism in some way.
對於經過長期思想禁錮的大陸文學而言，開始時連愛情也只能寫成柏拉圖式的，至於性慾，通常是被借來諷刺其他。