此書作者“游戲主人”編成,游戲主人并不是指一個人而是清代的一批文人?!缎α謴V記》可算是嚴格意義上的笑話集,語言風(fēng)趣,文字簡練雋秀,表現(xiàn)手法也十分成熟。
《笑林廣記·匿肉》 游戲主人
有廚師在家切肉,匿一于懷中,妻見之,斥曰:“自家之肉,何為如此?!贝鹪唬骸拔彝??!?br />
Hiding Meat
A cook cut meat at home and hide one piece in his bosom. His wife found it and upbraided him, "That's our own meat, why do you behave in such a way?" The cook answered, "I forgot I was at home."