纪传体

紀傳體

jìzhuàntǐ

noun

Meanings

1 annals-and-biographies form of history writing
2 biographical-style history

Characters

annals; records

Examples

HSK 7-9

二十四史都是用纪传体写成的。

Èrshísìshǐ dōu shì yòng jìzhuàntǐ xiěchéng de.

The Twenty-Four Histories are all written in the annals-and-biographies form.

HSK 7-9

编年体按年份记事，纪传体则以人物为中心。

Biānniántǐ àn niánfèn jìshì, jìzhuàntǐ zé yǐ rénwù wéi zhōngxīn.

The chronicle form records events year by year, while the annals-and-biographies form centres on people.

Tips

history

Created by 司马迁 in the 史记: 本纪, basic annals, for rulers and 列传, biographies, for other notable people, plus tables and treatises. Every later official dynastic history kept the form. The other classic form is 编年体, a year-by-year chronicle such as the 资治通鉴.

Stroke Order

纪 jì

传 chuán

体 tǐ