“民以食为天”,鱼是人类摄取丰富营养的重要食品之一。从我们熟知的《孟子·告子上》中的“鱼和熊掌”的典故,便可知当时鱼在人们生活中的地位有多么高,特别在古代的北方,鱼是上等佳肴,而猪肉、羊肉、狗肉、鸡肉等肉禽食品,因不难吃到反而成为普通食物。《孔子家语》中记载说,孔子喜得贵子,鲁昭公以鲤鱼赏赐,孔子因此为儿子取名鲤,字伯鱼。所以,孟子把鱼和熊掌相提并论。不管怎么说,古代我国人民不但爱吃鱼而且十分重视人工养鱼,为生存提供丰富的水产品。 “People live on their own’s food,” fish is one of the important food human intake of rich nutrition. From the well-known story of “fish and bear’s paw” in “Mencius”, we can see how high the fish was in people’s life at that time. Especially in the ancient north, the fish was the finest, while pork , Mutton, dog meat, chicken and other meat and poultry food, because it is not difficult to eat but become ordinary food. “Confucius Jiayu” records that Confucius happy Takako, Lu Zhao public carp reward, so named for his son Confucius carp, word fish. Therefore, Mencius and the pawn together. In any case, the ancient Chinese people not only love to eat fish but also attach great importance to artificial fish farming to provide rich aquatic products for survival.