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In the south there is an insect called “”, also known as the “zhu” or “qingfu.” It resembles a cicada but is slightly larger, and is edible, with a pungent, delicious flavor. It always lays its eggs on leaves of grass; they are the size of silkworm eggs. If you take its eggs, the mother will fly to them, however far away they may be. Even if you take them in secret, she will unfailingly know where they are. Smear eighty-one coins with the mother’s blood and another eighty-one with the blood of her young. Whenever you buy something, spend either the mother’s coins or the young’s coins first, and they will all fly back to you. This cycle continues without end. Thus the arts of the Master of Huainan use this creature to make money return; it is called the “qingfu.”

Izvirnik

南方有蟲,名「」,一名「蠋」,又名「青蚨」。形似蟬而稍大,味辛美,可食。生子必依草葉,大如蠶子,取其子,母即飛來,不以遠近,雖潛取其子,母必知處。以母血塗錢八十一文,以子血塗錢八十一文:每市物。或先用母錢,或先用子錢,皆復飛歸。輪轉無已。故淮南子術以之還錢,名曰「青蚨。」

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