The Book of Songs is the earliest collection of poems in China, which collected 3 1 1 poems from the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period. It is divided into three parts: ode to elegance, which is rich in content, reflecting labor and love, war and corvee, oppression and resistance, customs and marriage, ancestor worship and feasting, and even astronomical phenomena and landforms.
Second, Chu Ci.
"Chu Ci", also known as "Chu Ci", is a poetic style created by Qu Yuan, a great poet in the Warring States Period. The works use the literary style and dialect rhyme of Chu area (now around the two lakes) to describe the mountains, rivers and historical customs of Chu area, which has strong local characteristics.
In the Han Dynasty, Liu Xiang compiled Qu Yuan's works and Song Yu's works "Cheng Qu Fu" into a collection called Songs of the South. It became a collection of poems that had a far-reaching influence on China literature after The Book of Songs.
Third, historical records.
Historical Records is a biographical history book written by Sima Qian, a historian of the Western Han Dynasty. This is the first biography in the history of China. It records the history of four years and more than 3,000 years from the legendary Huangdi era to Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty. It is praised by Lu Xun as "the swan song of historians and the poem Li Sao without rhyme", which has high literary value.
Four. Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Romance of the Three Kingdoms is China's first chapter-by-chapter historical novel. The book can be roughly divided into five parts: The Yellow Scarf Uprising, Dong Zhuo's Rebellion, Competing among the Heroes, Fighting among the Three Kingdoms, and Returning the Three Kingdoms to Jin. It reflects the transformation of various social struggles and contradictions in the Three Kingdoms period, summarizes the historical changes of this era, and shapes a group of heroes of the Three Kingdoms.
Verb (short for verb) Diary of a madman
Diary of a Madman is the first vernacular short story published by Lu Xun in 19 18, which was published on the eve of the May 4th Movement. Due to the abandonment of the Revolution of 1911, especially the intensification of imperialist aggression, various social contradictions have become more complicated and acute. With his keen thinking and sharp brushwork, Lu Xun showed his complete resistance to the feudal system and its superstructure.