《錄鬼簿》，元鍾嗣成著，是現存元人記載元代「書會才人」、「名公士夫」之散曲、戲曲目錄及生平事蹟之重要文獻資料。鍾嗣成在《錄鬼簿》中，曾為十九位名公才人寫挽詞；元末明初賈仲名又增補八十首挽詞，弔九十一位作家；凡此皆為研究元劇的豐富資料。 本文利用《錄鬼簿》中記載有關元代「書會」、「才人」的資料，探究在元劇發展過程中，他們所佔的地位，及對元劇之貢獻。本文除引言與結語外，又分三部份討論：一、書會與才人之關係，二、才人與才人之關係，三、才人與藝人之關係。

　　　　　Lu-kuei pu 錄鬼簿, written by Chung Ssu-ch'eng 鍾嗣成 in Yuan dynasty, is one of the most imporant references about San-ch'u 散曲, His-ch'u mu-lu 戲曲目錄 as well as the lives of shu-hui ts'ai-jen 書會才人 and Ming-kung shih-fu 名公士夫 in Yuan-tai. In Lu-kuei pu, Chung Ssu-ch'eng wrote elegies for nineteen of the Ming-kung and Ts'ai-jen, while Chia Chung-ming 賈仲明, in late Y·an and early Ming, added another eighty elegies for another ninety-one writers. All these enrich the amounts of studies on yuan-chu (Yuan drama). By using all the data relating to Shu-hui and Ts'ai-jen presented in Lu-kuei pu, this study attempts to examine the position of Shu-hui and Ts'ai-jen in yuan-chu as well as the devotion of shu-hui and Ts'ai-jen to the development of yuan-chu. It will be shown by three parts which focus on the relationship between Shu-hui and Ts'ai-jen, Ts'ai-jen and Ts'ai-jen, Ts'ai-jen and Yi-jenYo, respectively.