What are the literary achievements of Shang and Zhou Dynasties?

Literature and art originated from the productive labor of primitive people. In ancient times, there were oral literary creations such as ballads and myths, and myths were the beginning of China's romantic literature. The earliest literary forms were poetry and prose.

1. The Book of Changes is a witch book in Shang and Zhou Dynasties, which was written in the early Warring States Period. It recorded the social situation in ancient times, preserved some ancient ballads, and had a simple literary color, which was the development of Oracle Bone Inscriptions. ?

2. Shangshu is a compilation of ancient historical documents. Among them, Pan Geng is an important document of Shang Dynasty, and Zhou Shu preserves the historical documents of Zhou Dynasty. Shangshu reflects the characteristics of China's early historical prose. ?

3. The Book of Songs is the earliest collection of poems in China. It is a collection of poems from the late Shang Dynasty to the mid-Spring and Autumn Period. It has high literary achievements and historical value, and is the foundation stone of realistic literature in China.

In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, there were poems praising ancestors' achievements and tracing the history of Zhou tribes, as well as works describing agricultural production, sacrifices and aristocratic feasts, which reflected the political stability in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

There are a large number of works describing marriage and love in the poems of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, as well as works reflecting people's dissatisfaction and resentment in the long-term war, as well as satirical poems exposing the luxury and cruelty of nobles and reflecting the internal contradictions of the ruling class, which show various sharp social contradictions in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. ?

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Reasons for cultural and academic prosperity in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period;

1. The decline of slavery broke the situation of government monopoly culture and made culture move from aristocrats to scholars. At the turn of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, private writings and lectures began to appear. ?

Frequent exchanges between countries and the emergence of big cities with prosperous economy and convenient transportation have enabled various ideas and cultures to spread widely.

3. Great political and economic changes have promoted ideological changes, and various academic factions and ideological trends have emerged in society. Various factions representing the interests of different classes and strata lobbied the rulers, gathered disciples to give lectures and debate with each other, forming a situation in which a hundred schools of thought contend. Various schools wrote books to publicize their ideas, resulting in colorful works of nine schools and ten schools. ?

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