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| Processed by: | richwarm (2020-06-24 01:33:47 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 65322 - submitted by 'sl89' >> * Following GF over ABC where the definitions differ. 【Wenlin】 n[oun]. ①〈trad.〉 official charged with checking on public opinion ② storyteller 【LAC】 稗官：古代专为帝王讲述街谈巷语、故事等的小官 [in the definition for 稗官野史] 【MoE】 本指小官，后世沿称小说家为「稗官」。 | 《汉书．卷三○．艺文志》：「小说家者流，盖出于稗官。」 | 三国魏．如淳．注：「王者欲知闾巷风俗，故立稗官使称说之。」 | 唐．颜师古．注：「稗官，小官。」 【规范】 名 <文> 古代专给帝王讲述街谈巷议､风土人情的小官。后也作为小说或小说家的代称。 【现代汉语大词典】 小官。小说家出于稗官, 后因称野史小说为稗官。 | 茅盾《你往哪里跑》：英雄狐鼠诸般相, 付与稗官一卷收。 --------------------------- Editor: I'm removing "talk of the town". "talk of the town" means "a person or thing that many people in a town, city, etc., are talking about in an interested or excited way" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20talk%20of%20the%20town#:~:text=Definition%20of%20the%20talk%20of%20the%20town,the%20talk%20of%20the%20town. It doesn't mean "the things that people in town are saying" (which is what GF's 街谈巷议 means). |
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# 稗官 稗官 [bai4 guan1] /petty official charged with reporting the talk of town back to the ruler (old)/fiction writer/novelist/ # - 稗官 稗官 [bai4 guan1] /petty official charged with reporting the talk of town back to the ruler (old)/novel in the vernacular/fiction writer/novelist/ + 稗官 稗官 [bai4 guan1] /petty official charged with reporting back to the ruler on what people in a locality are talking about (old)/novel in the vernacular/fiction writer/novelist/ |