Historicity: Pre-Qin literature mainly reflects the social history, politics, culture, religion and other aspects at that time, and has a distinct historicity.
Prose-oriented: in pre-Qin literature, prose is more important than poetry. Prose involves many people's thoughts, social life and political issues, showing distinctive personality style and ideological characteristics.
Prose narration is the main form, but poetry is also very important: prose narration is the main form in pre-Qin literature, but poetry is also an indispensable part. The creation of poetic forms is mainly embodied in The Book of Songs.
Taking Taoism, Confucianism and Mohism as the main contents: In the pre-Qin period, the ideological trend of a hundred schools of thought prevailed, among which Taoism, Confucianism and Mohism were important contents in literature. These ideas are often involved in literary works.
Extensive use of metaphors and symbols: Pre-Qin literature used metaphors and symbols extensively, often describing people with objects and expressing people's feelings and thoughts with scenery.
Pay attention to the expression of individual emotion: Pre-Qin literature pays attention to the expression of individual emotion, reflecting people's thoughts, emotions and inner world. Literary works often involve people's ideals, wishes and emotional experiences.
In a word, pre-Qin literature formed a unique literary form and style by reflecting history, exploring human nature and expressing emotions, which had a far-reaching impact on later literature.