2. Shangshu: China's first collection of essays.
3. The Art of War: China's first military work, written by Sun Wu.
4. Mandarin: China's first national history book.
5. Zuo Zhuan: China's first chronological history book is said to have been written by Zuo Qiuming.
6. The Spring and Autumn Annals of Yan Zi: China's first historical prose with personal words and deeds as its theme.
7. China's first prose work with written records.
8. The Warring States Policy is the first album in China to record the words and deeds of counselors.
9. Li Sao: China's first long political lyric poem, written by Qu Yuan.
10. Historical Records: China's first biographical general history, written by Sima Qian in the Western Han Dynasty.
11.< Hanshu: China's first biographical chronology, written by Ban Gu in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
12. Canon? Paper: China's first monograph on literary criticism, written by Cao Pi.
13. Wen Xin Diao Long: China's first systematic monograph on ancient literary theory and criticism, written by Liu Xie.
14. Poetry: China's first monograph on poetry theory and criticism.
15. China's first narrative poem.
16. Shi Shuo Xin Yu: China's first collection of note novels by Liu Yiqing.
17. Selected Works of Zhaoming: the first collection of poems in China, edited by Tong in the Southern Dynasties.
18. Notes on Water Classics: China's first monograph on hydrogeology, written by Li Daoyuan in the Northern Wei Dynasty.
19. Shuo Wen Jie Zi: China's first dictionary, written by Xu Shen in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
20. Erya: the first dictionary in China.
2 1. Ma Shi Wen Tong: China's first grammar book written by Han people.
22. China's first systematic rhetoric work.
23. Zi Tongzhi Jian: China's first chronological general history, compiled by Sima Guang in the Song Dynasty.
24. "Meng Qian Bi Tan": China's first popular science reading, written by Shen Kuo.
25. Xu Xiake's Travel Notes: China's first diary travel notes, written by Xu Hongzu.
26. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, China's first long historical novel, was written by Luo Guanzhong in the Ming Dynasty.
27. The Journey to the West: China's first romantic fairy tale, written by Wu Ming Cheng En.
28. The Water Margin: China's first novel with the theme of peasant war, written by Shi Naian in Ming Dynasty.
29. The Scholars: China's first satirical novel, written by Wu in Qing Dynasty.
30. Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio: The first collection of short stories in classical Chinese written by writers in China, written by Qing Pu Songling.
3 1. Try: The first new poetry collection in the history of modern literature in China, written by Hu Shi.
32. Diary of a Madman: China's first anti-feudal vernacular novel, written by Lu Xun.
33. The True Story of Ah Q: The first novella in the history of China literature, written by Lu Xun.
34. Scream: China's first collection of vernacular short stories.
35. Goddess: China's first most influential and outstanding new poetry collection, written by Guo Moruo.
36. Xia Yan's first reportage of modern China literature.
China's earliest collection of poems;
The Book of Songs is the earliest collection of poems in China. It is said that it was deleted by Confucius and passed on by Mao Heng in Han Dynasty.
China's earliest geographical records full of myths and legends;
Shan Hai Jing is the earliest geographical chronicle with myths and legends in China, and the author has no way to verify it.
China's earliest historical novel;
Mu Zhuan is the earliest historical novel in China, and the author has no way to verify it.
China's earliest collection of philosophical essays;
Lv's Spring and Autumn Annals is the earliest collection of philosophical essays in China, written by the Prime Minister of Qin State and his disciples.
China's earliest collection of political essays;
The new book is the earliest collection of political essays in China, written by Jia Yi, an outstanding thinker, writer and politician in the Western Han Dynasty.
China's earliest collection of note novels;
Shi Shuo Xin Yu is the earliest collection of note novels in China, written by Liu Yiqing, a famous writer in the Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Song Dynasty.
China's first mystery novel;
Searching for the Gods is China's first mystery novel, written by Gan Bao, a writer and historian in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
China's first dictionary;
Shuowen Jiezi is the first dictionary in China.