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<li><p>It's a derogatory word. </p></li>
<li><p>It's used to mock poems which abused name of the ancients and historical stories.</p></li>
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2016-01-25T18:50:28.423Z
Could you add a little about why these words are used that way?  The comment by user6065 says it is the title of a specific work.
Colin McLarty
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2016-01-26T11:09:38.220Z
why not supply examples from the literature (examples on the web) for confirmation
user6065
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2016-01-28T04:14:23.990Z
Literally, "點鬼" means call the dead name, ”簿“  book, directory;

As you see, the literal meaning of "點鬼簿" is records of the dead. it is used to describe a poet who like to use name of the ancients,  such as "杨炯(yang jiong)" See the Wiki:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Jiong. Actually, the origin of it because yang jiong.
Bob Luo
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2016-01-25T08:33:53.047Z
2016-01-25T08:33:53.047Z
Bob Luo
<p>I've tracked 點鬼簿 as far as 張鷟《朝野僉載》. I thought it was something like 'augmenting the records of the dead', but I don't really understand it?</p>

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2016-01-25T08:49:37.377Z
Japanese "Tenkibo [A Family Resister（sic） of Deaths]" written by Akutagawa Ryunosuke http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110006199609
user6065
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What does dian gui bu mean?
# What does dian gui bu mean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-25)

I've tracked 點鬼簿 as far as 張鷟《朝野僉載》. I thought it was something like 'augmenting the records of the dead', but I don't really understand it?

**Tags:** classical-chinese, traditional-characters

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Japanese "Tenkibo [A Family Resister（sic） of Deaths]" written by Akutagawa Ryunosuke http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110006199609  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2016-01-25. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

1. It's a derogatory word.
2. It's used to mock poems which abused name of the ancients and historical stories.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Could you add a little about why these words are used that way?  The comment by username_1 says it is the title of a specific work.  
> **username_1**: why not supply examples from the literature (examples on the web) for confirmation  
> **username_2**: Literally, "點鬼" means call the dead name, ”簿“  book, directory;  As you see, the literal meaning of "點鬼簿" is records of the dead. it is used to describe a poet who like to use name of the ancients,  such as "杨炯(yang jiong)" See the Wiki:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Jiong. Actually, the origin of it because yang jiong.  

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