北宋大文学家苏东坡喜欢食鼠,他写过一首诗,说当地人送给他一只兔一样大的竹鼠,身胖肚圆,惊蹶不安,且满脸愁闷,像脱出襁褓的婴儿。东坡虽是美食家,但见这可怜又可笑的小家伙,却不忍心食之。他还找到了不吃的理由,说竹鼠肉太微劣,不值费刀几之功,要吃野味须吃熊罴这类的大家伙。最终,诗人留下了竹鼠一条活命,足见其怜爱此物的善心。后来东坡被贬至 Su Dongpo, a great literary artist in the Northern Song Dynasty, like eating rats. He wrote a poem saying that the locals gave him a bamboo rat which was as big as a rabbit, with a fat body and an uneasy frown. . Although Dongpo is a gourmet, but see this poor and ridiculous little guy, but do not have the heart to eat. He also found a reason not to eat, said bamboo rat meat is too poor, not worth the knife a few achievements, you want to eat wild bears 罴 such big guy. In the end, the poet left a life of bamboo-rat, which showed its loving kindness. Dongpo was demoted later