The Republic of China top scorer ball is also known as the "Civil and military top scorer ball". This dish was evolved from the "lion's head", which was a must for the scholar to take a farewell dinner on the eve of the exam in the past. In the Republic of China, the chefs in the Presidential Palace changed the pure meatballs into fish balls embedded in meatballs, or meatballs hidden in fish balls. Later generations called it "Civil and military top scorer ball" or " Civil and military swallow's ball".