Pre-Qin literature is the earliest stage of the development of ancient Chinese literature, including literature in various historical periods of pre-Qin, with mature written literature of Zhou Dynasty as the main body. This era is from the unification of the world, to the separation of princes, and then to the unification of centralization. Most of the ideological and artistic features of literary works also reflect the basic characteristics of China's era of seeking unity through division.
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Pre-Qin literature is the first glorious page in the history of China literature. Literature came into being with the daily life of people in primitive society, such as labor, sacrifice and marriage. It developed with the development of society and became a grand view in the Zhou Dynasty. There are all kinds of literary forms, such as poetry, prose and ci fu, and there are obvious differences among historical prose, various schools of thought prose and applied prose.
From separation to integration, the narrative of historical prose has produced many styles, such as writing, chronology, country, pedigree and so on. Hundred schools of thought's prose developed from a short note to an argumentative essay, and then formed a monograph, completing the system of argumentative essay. The applied texts include canon, ink, precepts, patents, oaths, letters, oaths, greetings, speeches, proverbs, inscriptions and other styles.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Pre-Qin Literature