zhuàn
列传
biography; chronicle
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesnoun
biography (of ordinary figures in a dynastic history)
formalA specific type of biographical writing found in Chinese dynastic histories (紀傳體), distinct from '本紀' (imperial annals) and '世家' (hereditary houses). It is part of the official historical record.
《
Lián廉
Pō颇
Lìn蔺
Xiàng相
Rú如
liè列
zhuàn传
》
shì是
《
Shǐ史
Jì记
》
zhōng中
de的
míng名
piān篇
。
"The Biographies of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru" is a famous chapter in the Records of the Grand Historian.
Tā他
zhuān专
mén门
yán研
jiū究
《
Hòu后
Hàn汉
Shū书
》
lǐ里
de的
liè列
zhuàn传
。
He specializes in studying the biographies in the Book of the Later Han.