列れつ伝でん

noun

series of biographies; collection of biographies

Refers to a genre of historical writing, especially in East Asian historiography, where biographies of notable individuals are compiled in a single work or section. Often used in titles such as 列伝体 or 史記列伝.

• 司し馬ば遷せんの『史し記き』には多おおくの列れつ伝でんが収おさめられている。

  Sima Qian's 'Records of the Grand Historian' contains many series of biographies.

• この本ほんは、戦せん国ごく武ぶ将しょうの列れつ伝でんとしてよく読よまれている。

  This book is widely read as a collection of biographies of Sengoku warlords.