Advantages and disadvantages of comparing biographical style with chronological style

Chronological style-a type of history books. Taking time as the center and recording historical events in the order of year, month and day is the earliest and simplest method of compiling history. Its advantage is that it gives a clear concept of time and easily reflects the historical background of the occurrence and development of historical events; Its disadvantage is that it is not easy to reflect the connection before and after the same historical event. The remedy is that when recording historical events, sometimes it is necessary to trace back to the past, and sometimes it is accompanied by a description afterwards. Biography, a form of East Asian history books, tells historical facts in the form of biographies of people (the biography of the emperor is called "Ji" and the biography of ordinary people is called "biography"). Historical Records is the first biographical history book in China (previous history books were mostly narrated in chronological style). China's other official history books, Twenty-four History, are written in biographical style according to the style of Historical Records: reflecting historical events by narrating people's activities. The outstanding feature of biographical history books is to focus on a large number of biographies, which is a further combination of memorizing words and taking notes. In terms of genre form, biography is a synthesis of biography, biography, record and table. This chronicle is basically a chronicle, and it also describes the deeds of the emperor himself. Family mainly records the history of princes and nobles. Biography is the biography of representative figures in all aspects. The records of books are about laws and regulations and the history of nature and society. Tables are used to express complex social situations and many people who cannot be written into biographies one by one. Excellent biographical history books combine these genres to form a complementary whole in a history book. It is a mixture of various schools and has its own special specifications. Chronological style: arranging related historical events with chronological clues. Chronological history books take time as the center and record historical events in the order of year, month and day. Because it takes time as longitude and historical events as latitude, it is easier to reflect the connection of various historical events in the same period. Biography: (1) Complete events are often scattered and described in different records or biographies. (2) Biographies often don't group people who do the same thing at the same time. Chronological style: narrative, not vague and general, undermining unity. 55 respondents