Biji

Biji is a distinctive literary genre in classical Chinese literature whose name literally means notebook or written notes. It has no strict form, being based mainly on recording personal insights, experiences, miscellaneous sensations and trifles, and is known for its scattered, notebook-like character. A single work of biji can contain stories, anecdotes, quotations, random musings, philological speculation and literary criticism, essentially anything its author judged worth recording.