Fisherman on the River is a five-character quatrain written by Fan Zhongyan, a poet in the Song Dynasty. This poem points out that people who come and go drinking and having fun on the river only know the delicious bass, but they don't know and don't want to know the danger and hardship of fishermen fighting with stormy waves. By reflecting the hardships of fishermen's labor, the whole poem hopes to arouse people's attention to the sufferings of people's livelihood and embodies the poet's sympathy for the working people.

People coming and going on the river only like the delicious perch. Look at those poor fishermen, who are driving their boats up and down in the big wind and waves.

This poem is simple in language, vivid in image, strong in contrast and intriguing, reflecting the hardships of fishermen's work and arousing people's concern about people's livelihood.

The first sentence is about people coming and going on the river bank, which is very lively. The second sentence describes the mentality of people on the shore and reveals the reasons for "communication". The line of sight drawn in the last two sentences indicates that the fishing boat is swaying in the wind and waves, and pay attention to the fishing site. Although the perch is delicious, it is difficult to catch, which expresses the poet's sympathy for the fishermen's sufferings and deeply exhorts the people on the shore who love the beauty of perch. The contrast between "river" and "storm", the two modes of "coming and going" and "leaf boat", and the two dynamics of "coming and going" show the theme of the whole poem. ?

In terms of expression, this poem has no flowery words, no difficult words and no axe marks. It uses ordinary language, ordinary people and things to express extraordinary thoughts and feelings and produce extraordinary artistic effects.

Fan Zhongyan was able to care about the sufferings of ordinary people living in the lower classes of society and wrote some poems that sympathized with the working people. He is a native of Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province, and grew up on the edge of Songjiang. He knows this situation very well. When he was drinking fish and enjoying the scenery, he saw the boat ups and downs in the wind and waves, which reminded the fishermen of the hardships and dangers of fishing. He was so emotional that he quit his job and created Fishermen on the River.