Xunzi in the Warring States Period said in "Persuasion": "Crabs have six knees and two claws, and those who are not in the snake's cave have nothing to place, and their hearts are impatient." Crabs actually have eight knees (eight legs).
However, Xun somehow lost a couple, perhaps because of his carelessness. The ancients in China always thought that crabs were animals without intestines. For example, Ge Hong (Bao Puzi) of the Jin Dynasty said, "A crab is also a son without intestines.
In the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai had a special liking for crabs, especially mixing crabs with wine. "Crab pincers and golden liquid, bad mountains and Penglai, the platform under the moon must be drunk." The poet's attitude of grasping hands and claws is all in a few poems.
Su Dongpo, a great writer in the Song Dynasty, loved crabs. He often exchanged poems for crabs: "You can laugh at Wuzhong's gluttony and obedience, and one poem is exchanged for two sharp groups (crabs, called sharp groups in ancient times)." This writer traded a poem for two crabs, which made people proud. No wonder he sighed after eating crabs, "You can't live up to the expectations of Lushan Mountain, and you can't live up to your stomach without eating crabs."
Huang Tingjian, a poet in Song Dynasty, likes to eat Yangzhou tribute crab, saying it is absolutely beautiful. As the poem goes, "Ding Si spends ten thousand yuan, jade often eats Luo Zhen, and I judge Yangzhou Gong. This thing is really unparalleled. " He is also familiar with the method of cooking crabs, and thinks that crabs are cold and should be mixed with a little ginger. He wrote in "crab poems": "I can't bear to see ginger and orange after I have solved the flower pond."
In the Song Dynasty, Lu You loved to spit crabs and wrote, "It's a pity that crabs have just broken their umbilicus. The crab fat drools temporarily, and the wine is green and old. " He said that when he first started to break the fat crab, his mouth watered, and his old eyes lit up when he held the wine with pliers. I really love eating crabs.
Song Gaozong Sun Shiyun: "The west wind sends the cold out of the lake field, and the spring dream falls to Jiuquan;" Xiejia is as soft as jade, and the frost is still purple Xia Jian; The soul is fascinated by the moon, and the old Songjiang urn is in the sky; This is not greed without intestines, but to spread this taste to people. " This is not so much a poem as a wonderful riddle. Have you ever eaten drunken crabs? In rural Ye Fu, a silly crab climbed into the wine jar. The crab addicted to wine did a great thing and invented a rare dish for human beings-drunken crab, haha! "pass on the taste to people." The riddle poem about crabs is Pi Rixiu's poem about crabs. "Before you went swimming in the sea, you were already famous, but bones were born from meat. You don't care about lightning, but the sea dragon king is also rampant. " The rampage of crabs is vividly displayed on paper.
Xu Wei, a great painter in Ming Dynasty, has a delicate observation on crabs, and the crabs in his works are lifelike and priceless. His poem "Drawing a Picture of a Crab" is vivid and vivid: "Jiangcun crabs are good at rice and fat, and their claws are as green as mud. If you turn over the paper, you should see the navel of Tuan Tuan Dong Zhuo. "
Li Zhi, a philosopher in the late Ming Dynasty, was called "the crab fairy". Look at what this most affectionate person said to crabs: "crabs are fresh, tender, fat, sweet and greasy, as white as jade and as yellow as gold. They have achieved the ultimate in color, taste and fragrance, and nothing can be served." He once expressed such feelings to crabs: "I am addicted to this kind of life. Every year when crabs don't come out, I will save money for them because my family laughs." It is worthy of being a "crab fairy"!
Zheng Banqiao, a painter in the Ming Dynasty, compared the crab in his eyes to "eight claws are arrogant, two claws are majestic, and there is nothing in the abdomen, dipping in ginger vinegar and drinking wine." No matter how overbearing the crab is, it will only be something in the diners' stomachs.
Li Yu, a playwright in Ming Dynasty: Crabs are my life, and I have been addicted to crabs all my life. Li Yu claims that crabs are my life, and I have been addicted to crabs all my life. I have been saving money since the crab was delisted last year, and I call it "the money of my life". From the day crabs went on the market to the end of the market, his 749 vats were always filled with crabs and fattened with egg whites. He doesn't eat crabs every day because he is afraid.