These small insects turn up in every corner of the palace. They like to roll bits of roadside debris into litt…
These small insects turn up in every corner of the palace. They like to roll bits of roadside debris into little pellets.
Cui Bao of the Jin dynasty mentions such a creature in Gujinzhu, calling it an insect that "rolls balls."
In the Kaifeng palace, some playful people imitated the old habit of giving fanciful titles and dubbed it "Minister Dung."