The influence of ancient Chinese mythology on literature includes:
1. The artistic rules of mythology provide directions for the development of literature in later generations. On the one hand, the theme of life created by myth has actually become the mainstream and tradition of the development of literature in our country for thousands of years. The formation of this tradition contains important factors accumulated from mythology. On the other hand, myths are rich in emotion, image and imagination, which undoubtedly guided the development of literary aesthetic ideals in later generations.
2. The rich and colorful mythological works have become an inexhaustible source of themes for later generations of literary creation. From the literary collection "The Book of Songs" to modern literary creations, from poetry and prose to drama novels, all are nourished by myths.
3. Myths have become the material of literature. This is the most direct and obvious influence of myths on literature. In addition, myths have also influenced the types of ancient literature, forming totem literature, outcast literature, death literature, Fantasy literature and other thematic literary genres.
4. Myth is the source of novels and the earliest expression of novels. Stories about gods, immortals, spirits and monsters are the prototype of ancient Chinese novels.
5. In ancient prose creation, mythology was requisitioned and transformed as the subject matter and material of prose, and became the protagonist of promoting political opinions and theoretical insights. This kind of mythological prose culture is mainly reflected in the ancient philosophers in writings and historical works.