白玉楼

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 白玉楼 – see 白玉樓 (“a place where literati go after death; death of a writer, poet, etc.”).
(This term, 白玉楼, is the simplified form of 白玉樓.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白 玉 楼
はく
Grade: 1		 ぎょく
Grade: 1		 ろう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From a Chinese legend where Li He, a poet of the Tang dynasty, was told before death that the celestial palace had been built and he was summoned to record it.

Pronunciation

Noun

白玉楼 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 白玉樓, hiragana はくぎょくろう, rōmaji hakugyokurō)

  1. a celestial palace where literati go after death

Derived terms

  • 白 (はく)玉 (ぎょく)楼 (ろう)中 (ちゅう)の人 (ひと)となる (hakugyokurōchū no hito to naru, “(for a writer, poet, etc.) to die”)

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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