The Book of Songs says 'her neck was like a beetle grub' to describe how white and long Zhuang Jiang’s neck was.
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From 硕人, the Book of Songs portrait of the beautiful 庄姜: 手如柔荑，肤如凝脂，领如蝤蛴 ‘hands like soft shoots, skin like congealed lard, neck like a beetle grub’. The long, white grub was a compliment.
