纪传体

history genre based on biography, such as Sima Qian's Record of the Historian

to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity)

biography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station

body / form / style / system / substance / to experience / aspect (linguistics)

surname Ji / also pr. [Ji4]

order / discipline / age / era / period / to chronicle