伝でん存そん

noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

be handed down from antiquity; survive through transmission

Used for texts, artifacts, or traditions that have been passed down and still exist today. Often found in historical or academic contexts.

• この古こ文ぶん書しょは現げん代だいに伝でん存そんしている。

  This ancient document has been handed down to the present day.

• 伝でん存そんする最さい古この写しゃ本ほんは12世せい紀きのものだ。

  The oldest surviving manuscript dates from the 12th century.