月げっ旦たん評ひょう

noun

character sketch; commentary on personalities

A literary or historical term for a brief critical assessment of a person's character or conduct, often in the context of Chinese-style biographical sketches or evaluations. Rare in modern everyday Japanese.

• 彼かれは歴れき史し上じょうの人じん物ぶつについて月げっ旦たん評ひょうを書かいた。

  He wrote a character sketch about a historical figure.

• この書しょ物もつには当とう時じの文ぶん人じんたちの月げっ旦たん評ひょうが収おさめられている。

  This book contains commentaries on the personalities of the literary figures of that time.