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The type of biography (zhuanji lei 傳記類) is a sub-category to the literary category of historiography (shibu 史部) in the collectaneum Siku quanshu 四庫全書. Biographies or collections of biographies (liezhuan 列傳) have a long tradition in China and have deeply influenced historiography. The official dynastic histories, for example, are arranged as collections of biographies instead of as a persistant chronology of events. The compilers of the Siku quanshu have divided the section of biographies into four parts: Saints and worthies (shengxian 聖賢, 2 books), i.e. Confucius and his disciples; famous persons (mingren 名人, 13 books) like Wei Zheng 魏徵, Du Fu 杜甫, Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮 or Zhu Xi 朱熹; collective records (zonglu 總錄, 36 books) like the Gu Lienüzhuan 古列女傳, Tang caizi zhuan 唐才子傳, Song mingchen xinglu 宋名臣言行錄, Yuanchao mingchen shilüe 元朝名臣事略, or Ming ruxue an 明儒學案; and miscellaneous records (zalu 雜錄, 9 books) with a very great narrative part, like Zhengnanlu 征南錄 or Rushuji 入蜀記. The section of biographies in the Siku quanshu includes 60 books.
| 書名 |
Title |
Composer(s) |
聖賢之屬 shengxian Saints and Worthies |
| 孔子編年 |
Kongzi biannian |
(Song) 胡仔 Hu Zi |
名人之屬 mingren Famous Persons |
| 晏子春秋 |
Yanzi chunqiu |
(Zhou) 晏嬰 Yan Ying (?) |
| 忠貞錄 |
Zhongzhenlu |
(Ming) 李維樾 Li Weiyue, 林增志 Lin Zengzhi |
| 諸葛忠武書 |
Zhuge Zhong wushu |
(Ming) 楊時偉 Yang Shiwei |
| 朱子年譜 |
Zhuzi nianpu |
(Qing) 王懋紡 Wang Maofang |
總錄之屬 zonglu Collective Records |
| 古列女傳 |
Gu lienüzhuan (Lienüzhuan) |
(Han) 劉向 Liu Xiang |
| 高士傳 |
Gaoshizhuan |
皇甫謐 Huangfu Mi |
| 卓異記 |
Zhuoyiji |
(Tang) 李翱 Li Ao (?) |
| 宋名臣言行錄 |
Song mingchen yanxinglu |
(Song) 朱熹 Zhu Xi, 李幼武 Li Youwu (comp.) |
| 錢塘先賢傳贊 |
Qiantang xianxianzhuan zan |
(Song) 袁韶 Yuan Shao |
| 唐才子傳 |
Tang caizi zhuan |
(Yuan) 辛文房 Xin Wenfang |
| 元朝名臣事略 |
Yuanchao mingchen shilüe |
(Yuan) 蘇天爵 Su Tianjue |
| 古今列女傳 |
Gujin lienüzhuan |
(Ming) 解 縉 Jie Jin (et al. comp.; imp. ord.) |
| 嘉靖以來首輔傳 |
Jiajing yilai shoufu zhuan |
(Ming) 王世貞 Wang Shizhen |
| 東林列傳 |
Donglin liezhuan |
(Qing) 陳鼎 Chen Ding |
| 明儒言行錄 |
Ming ru yanxinglu |
(Qing) 沈佳 Shen Jia |
雜錄之屬 zalu Miscellaneous Records |
| 征南錄 |
Zhengnanlu |
(Song) 滕甫 Teng Fu |
| 吳船錄 |
Wuchuanlu |
(Song) 范成大 Fan Chengda |
| 入蜀記 |
Ru Shu ji |
(Song) 陸游 Lu You |
| 西使記 |
Xishiji |
(Yuan) 劉郁 Liu Yu |
| 國朝獻徵錄 * |
Guochao xianzheng lu |
(Ming) 焦竑 Jiao Hong |
| 粵閩巡視紀略 |
Yue-Min xunshi jilüe |
(Qing) 杜臻 Du Zhen |
| 國朝先正事略 * |
Guochao xianzheng shilüe |
(Qing) 李元度 Li Yuandu |
| 國朝耆獻類徵初編 * |
Guochao qixian leizheng |
(Qing) 李桓 Li Huan |
| 清史列傳 * |
Qingshi liezhuan |
(Qing) |
| 碑傳記 * |
Beizhuanji |
(Qing) Qian Yiji 錢儀吉 |
* not contained in the Siku quanshu
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Chinese literature according to the four-category system
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