Though they celebrated the "close-to-nature" lives of fishermen and woodcutters, renowned writers of the Wei, Jin, Tang and Song dynasties also felt aggrieved when watching people catch fish.
魏晉唐宋名士除羨慕漁樵生活，三三兩兩蚱艋舟，見人抓魚卻也常生出不忍之情。