The Book of Songs is China's first collection of poems.
The Art of War is China's first military work.
Guoyu is the earliest national history book in China.
Zuo Zhuan is China's first detailed chronicle work.
Historical Records is China's first biographical general history.
Peacock Flying Southeast is China's first narrative poem.
Hanshu is the first chronological history book in China.
Liu Xiang's Bielu in Han Dynasty is the first bibliography work in China.
Poems on June 1st is the first poem on China's ancient literary criticism.
Shi Shuo Xin Yu is China's first collection of note novels.
Shuowen Jiezi is the first dictionary in China.
Erya is the first dictionary in China.
Ma Shi Wen Tong is China's first grammar book.
The Origin of Rhetoric is China's first systematic rhetoric work.
Wen Xin Diao Long is a systematic literary theory work in ancient China.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms is China's first chapter-by-chapter historical novel.
The Water Margin is China's first vernacular novel describing the peasant war.
The Case of Confucianism in Ming Dynasty is the first academic history of China.
Diary of a Madman is the first anti-feudal vernacular novel in the history of modern literature in China.
Goddess is the first new collection of poems in the history of modern literature in China.