紀き伝でん

noun

biography; historical record

Refers to a biographical or historical account, often in the context of classical Chinese-style historiography. Commonly seen in compound terms like 紀伝体 (biographical style of history).

• 司し馬ば遷せんの『史し記き』は紀き伝でん体たいの代だい表ひょう的てきな歴れき史し書しょです。

  Sima Qian's 'Records of the Grand Historian' is a representative work of biographical history.

• この時じ代だいの紀き伝でんは、主おもに貴き族ぞくの事じ績せきを記き録ろくしている。

  The biographies of this period mainly record the achievements of the nobility.