Endurance flying machines Ducks were domesticated very early in China. Writings from the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC) record how "The King of Wu built walls to rear ducks," and in the ancient books Erya and Lisao, wild and domesticated ducks are referred to as fu and wu respectively.
將天歲晚景淒淒，水鳥畏寒飛不起中國馴化野鴨極早，春秋時代，就有「吳王築城以養鴨」的記載，爾雅、離騷則將野鴨、家鴨分稱為鳧、鶩。