The field with the most outstanding achievements is undoubtedly historical literature.
Among them, "Historical Records" written by Sima Qian during the Western Han Dynasty is a great work in the history of Chinese literature that continues the past and opens up the future. Its character-centered biography is the pioneer of ancient Chinese historical biographical literature and has a huge influence on future generations of writers in many aspects.
The "Book of Han" written by Ban Gu of the Eastern Han Dynasty inherited the structure of "Historical Records". It is not only China's first chronological history, but also has high achievements in historical biography literature, and has also had a significant impact on the history and literature of future generations. .
Characteristics of Western Han Dynasty literature:
Western Han Dynasty literature is most prominent in Fu and Yuefu poems, and its prose writing achievements are also very high.
Prose:
① Jia Yi's "On Accumulation and Storage", "On Guo Qin" and Chao Cuo's "On Guili Shu" are famous works of prose in the Western Han Dynasty.
②The biographies in Sima Qian's "Historical Records" are also beautiful prose and highly infectious.
Poetry of the Han Dynasty:
① The poetry of the Han Dynasty, represented by "Yuefu" and "Nineteen Ancient Poems", is a pearl in the treasure house of Chinese literature.
② Yuefu was an institution in charge of music, song and dance by the government during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. "Battle to the South of the City", "Fifteenth Military Expedition", "Dongmen Xing", "Mo Shang Mulang", etc. are all famous Yuefu works.
③ "Nineteen Ancient Poems" is a work by middle- and lower-class intellectuals in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. "The Cold Air Arrives in Mengdong" and "How Bright the Moon Is" were excellent works at that time.
The rise of Fu and the representative works of Han Fu:
① Fu is a new literary genre that was influenced by the pre-Qin Sao style and the prose of various scholars during the Han Dynasty. Han Fu was created in Techniques have a great influence on later generations.
②The representative works of the Western Han Dynasty include Sima Xiangru's "Zixu Fu" and "Shanglin Fu".