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).
Sima Qian's 'Records of the Grand Historian' is a representative work of biographical history.
The biographies of this period mainly record the achievements of the nobility.
annals-biographies form; biographical-thematic historiography
From Chinese 紀傳 (jìzhuàn), combining 紀 (chronicle, record) and 傳 (biography, tradition). The term is used in East Asian historiography to denote the biographical genre.