For a few clams While the kings, ministers, and thinkers of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods advocated protecting fishing resources as state policy, literati of the Tang and Song dynasties took a different tack: Much verse was written expressing sympathy for the poor sea creatures and for the fishermen, both of whom made sacrifices to satisfy the appetites of consumers.
我哀籃中蛤，又哀網中魚春秋戰國，帝王卿相、思想家頻頻呼籲保護資源；到了唐宋兩朝，則出現許多文人名士以詩歌為水族與辛苦的漁人抱不平。