白はく玉ぎょく楼ろう中ちゅうの人ひととなる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

to die (of a poet, artist, etc.)

Archaic idiomatic expression used specifically for the death of a poet, artist, or literary figure. The phrase literally means 'to become a person in the White Jade Pavilion', a legendary heavenly abode for literati. Not used in modern everyday speech.

• 彼かれは若わかくして白はく玉ぎょく楼ろう中ちゅうの人ひととなったと伝つたえられている。

  It is said that he died young, becoming a resident of the White Jade Pavilion.