稗官
bàiguān
1) чиновник по мелочам (собиравший для императора уличные новости и слухи)
2) романист; новеллист
bài guān
本指小官，后世沿称小说家为「稗官」。
汉书．卷三十．艺文志：「小说家者流，盖出于稗官。」
如淳．注：「王者欲知闾巷风俗，故立稗官使称说之。」
颜师古．注：「稗官，小官。」
bài guān
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
bàiguān
1) trad. official charged with checking on public opinion
2) storyteller
小官。小说家出於稗官，后因称野史小说为稗官。