But when Mencius (c. 372--289 BC) had to choose between eating fish or eating bear's paw, he preferred bear's paw. Could it be that he too frowned on the fashion for fish?
孟子在魚與熊掌難以得兼時，決定挑山珍而非河鮮來滿足食慾，莫非看不慣當時人們一窩蜂「流行」吃鯉、魴？