sử kí
Definition
- Noun:
- Historical records / Chronicles: The systematic, written record of past events, particularly of a nation, dynasty, or institution, compiled for posterity. This is the primary and classical meaning.
- History (as a written discipline): Refers to the documented account of history itself, or the genre of historical writing.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- "Sử kí" của Tư Mã Thiên là một tác phẩm vĩ đại. (Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" is a great work.)
- Các nhà nghiên cứu dựa nhiều vào các bộ sử kí cổ. (Researchers rely heavily on ancient historical chronicles.)
- Ông ấy chuyên nghiên cứu về sử kí triều Nguyễn. (He specializes in studying the historical records of the Nguyen dynasty.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "sử kí" is considered classical and literary. In modern Vietnamese academic and common usage, the compound word "lịch sử" is overwhelmingly preferred to mean "history." "Sử kí" specifically emphasizes the or the .
Variants and Related Words
Lịch sử (n): History. The standard modern term for history as events and as an academic subject.
- Môn lịch sử rất quan trọng. (The subject of history is very important.)
Sử gia (n): Historian.
- Sử gia đó viết nhiều cuốn sách giá trị. (That historian wrote many valuable books.)
Biên niên sử (n): Annals, chronicles.
- Cuốn biên niên sử ghi chép đầy đủ các sự kiện. (The annals fully record the events.)
Synonyms
- Chronicles: A detailed and continuous register of events in order of time.
- Annals: A record of events year by year.
- Historiography: The study of historical writing.
Related Concepts
- Chính sử: Official history; historical records sanctioned by the ruling authority.
- Dã sử: Unofficial history; historical anecdotes or records not part of the official canon.
- Sử liệu: Historical documents or source materials.