Pre-Qin literature includes ancient oral literature, poetry and prose creation from Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. As early as tens of thousands of years ago, the ancestors of China people began to create spiritual civilization while developing the Yellow River, the Yangtze River and even the Pearl River Basin.
In the legendary era of the Yellow Emperor, not only independent art and music appeared, but also oral literature appeared.