What is China literature? What does China literature contain?

As a unified multi-ethnic country, China has its own history of occurrence, reproduction and development, as well as its own values and achievements. For example, Tibetan epic Biography of King Gesar, Uygur narrative poem Fule Wisdom, Dai narrative poem Zhao Shutun, Yi narrative poem Ashima, Mongolian narrative poem Gadamer, etc. are all excellent works in China's literary treasure house. Minority literature and Han literature complement each other, which makes China literature show great richness and multi-level.

Poetry is one of the earliest art forms in China literature, and The Book of Songs is the earliest collection of poems. Among them, the earliest poems were produced in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the latest poems were produced in the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period. As a result, a new form of poetry-Chuci appeared, and the outstanding representative of Chuci was the great poet Qu Yuan. The national style in The Book of Songs and the Chu Ci represented by Li Sao are two typical examples of China's ancient poetry. In terms of creative methods, Guo Feng and Li Sao respectively created the poetic traditions of realism and romanticism in China literature. During the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties, there appeared a new poetic style with a strong sense of reality-Yuefu, which is an important symbol of Yuefu. Mo Shang Sang, Peacock Flying Southeast, Mulan Poetry, etc. They are all treasures in China's ancient narrative poems. In the development of Yuefu poetry, the five-character and seven-character sentence patterns are attracting more and more attention. By the end of the Han Dynasty, nineteen ancient poems had appeared, and the poetic style of five-character poems was basically mature. Seven-character poems came into being later than five-character poems and were popular in Jin and Song Dynasties. After the full preparation of Yongming style poetry represented by Shen Yue in Qi and Liang Dynasties, modern style poetry entered its heyday in the Tang Dynasty. During this period, ancient poetry and modern poetry developed in an all-round way, and world-famous great poets such as Li Bai, Du Fu and Bai Juyi appeared.