All firsts in the history of Chinese literature

1. "The Book of Songs" - China's first collection of poetry.

The Book of Songs is the beginning of ancient Chinese poetry and the earliest poetry collection. It collects poems from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period (11th century BC to 6th century BC).

*** There are 311 poems, 6 of which are Sheng poems, that is, they only have titles and no content. They are called the six Sheng poems ("Nanmei", "Baihua", "Hua millet", "Hua millet", "You Geng", "Chongqiu", "Youyi"), reflecting the social outlook of about 500 years from the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty to the late Zhou Dynasty.

2. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" - China's first collection of myths.

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is an important ancient book in China's pre-Qin period, and it is also the oldest strange book rich in myths and legends. The author of the book is unknown. Modern scholars believe that the book was not written at one time and that the author was not the same person. The handed down version of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" totals 18 volumes, including 5 volumes of "The Classic of Mountains" and 13 volumes of "The Classic of Seas". The age of each volume cannot be determined, of which 14 volumes are from the Warring States Period and 4 volumes are from the early Western Han Dynasty. .

3. "Li Sao" - China's first long lyric poem.

"Li Sao" is a poem written by Qu Yuan, a poet during the Warring States Period in China. It is the longest lyric poem in ancient China. This poem centers on the poet's self-narration of his life experience, experiences, and aspirations.

The first half repeatedly expresses the poet's concern for the fate of Chu and people's lives, expresses the desire to reform politics, and the will to adhere to ideals and never compromise with evil forces despite disasters; the second half Through statements about wandering in the heavens, pursuing and realizing ideals, and wanting to die after failure, it reflects the poet's thoughts and feelings of loving the country and the people.

4. "Spring and Autumn" - China's first chronological history book.

"Spring and Autumn", also known as "Spring and Autumn Classic", also known as "Lin Jing" or "Lin History", is one of the "Six Classics" of ancient Chinese Confucian classics. It is also the national history of the Lu state during the Zhou Dynasty. The existing version was revised by Confucius.

"Spring and Autumn" is China's first chronological history book, with thirty-five volumes. It is one of the Confucian classics and the longest among the Thirteen Classics. It is listed as a classic in Sikuquanshu. department. The description ranges from 722 BC (the first year of Lu Yin) to 479 BC (the sixteenth year of Lu Aigong).

5. "Historical Records" - China's first biographical general history.

"Shiji" was originally called "Tai Shi Gong" or "Tai Shi Gong Ji" or "Tai Shi Ji". It is a biographical history book written by Sima Qian, a historian in the Western Han Dynasty. It is the first biographical general history in Chinese history, recording It covers a history of more than 3,000 years, starting from the legendary Huangdi era in ancient times to the fourth year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

In the first year of Taichu (104 BC), Sima Qian began the creation of "Tai Shi Gong Shu", which was later called "Shi Ji". This work took 14 years to complete.

6. "Hanshu" - China's first chronological history book.

"Hanshu", also known as "Pre-Hanshu", is China's first biographical history and one of the "Twenty-Four Histories". It was compiled by Ban Gu, a historian of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It took more than 20 years to complete and was basically completed in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China. It was annotated by Yan Shigu in the later Tang Dynasty. "Hanshu" is another important history book in ancient China after "Historical Records". It is also called the "First Four Histories" along with "Historical Records", "Book of the Later Han" and "Three Kingdoms".

Baidu Encyclopedia - Book of Songs

Baidu Encyclopedia - Classic of Mountains and Seas

Baidu Encyclopedia - Li Sao

Baidu Encyclopedia - Spring and Autumn Period

Baidu Encyclopedia - Historical Records

Baidu Encyclopedia - Hanshu