魚身扁長銀亮、滋味鮮腴、數量稀少、汛期短暫等特點，為鰣魚之高貴身價奠基，加上明、清兩代鰣貢、御饌等外部因素，鰣魚歷來被古人推崇為海錯之最、魚中之王。鰣魚具有海洋洄游魚類、漁業經濟價值、高食用評價、貢物制度、政治攏絡工具、詩人審美觀照等多層次意涵，早已超越單純的海洋飲食層次，自明代以來，逐漸形成具有時代特色的海洋食尚文化。本論文將明、清鰣魚詩歌，置於兩代鰣貢政治脈絡之中，以海洋文學、海洋飲食文化的關照角度，彰顯其蘊含的多元人文意象，研究成果可深化鰣魚文學研究之不足。

In Ming and Qing Dynasties, shad was famous for its flat, long body shape and silver color as well as its the delicious tase, small quantity and short fishing season. These factors, along with the traditions of tributory and imperial shad delicacies, had founded the precious value of shad and promoted it as the ‘king of all fishes’ and the ‘best among all marine catches’ . Shad reveals different levels of meanings. In Ming and Qing Dynasties, the focus was gradually transformed from simple shad consumption to flourishing food culture. From the perspectives of ocean literature and marine food culture, based on the poetries of shad in Ming and Qing Dynasties as well as past literatures related to shad and modern research findings on tribute of shad, this study explores the rich imagery of poetry of shad and aims to complement the general research on shad.