From Gaozu to Jingdi, it was the initial period of literature in Han Dynasty. A variety of literary styles have basically followed the aftermath of the Warring States literature, and at the same time, new factors have sprouted, and works like Qifa have emerged that laid the foundation for the Han Fu system. Influenced by the Ci and Fu of the Warring States, most of the political comments in the early Han Dynasty were magnificent and passionate. Chu Sheng's poems are widely circulated, used for court sacrifices and become the songs of temples. The representative writers in this period are Jia Yi and Mei Cheng, who have made great achievements in Ci and Fu and political theory.
From Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to Xuan Di, it was the heyday of literature in the Han Dynasty. During this period, the new style of Ci and Fu, which represents the highest literary achievement in the Han Dynasty, formed and matured, and a large number of Ci and Fu writers appeared. Historical biography literature also reached its peak, and the immortal biographical literature masterpiece Historical Records was written by Sima Qian. Emperor Wu deposed a hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone, and his thoughts gradually settled in one family. Therefore, political prose has also changed from rhetoric to meaning, and its style has developed to profundity, richness and elegance. With the strengthening of Yuefu, a large number of folk songs were collected and recorded, and court scholars also competed to create Yuefu poems.
From Yuan Di to the Eastern Han Dynasty and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the literature of the two Han Dynasties reached its peak. The creation of Ci and Fu ushered in the second climax, and famous Ci and Fu writers such as Yang Xiong and Ban Gu emerged. Ban Gu's Hanshu came out in this period and became another important biographical literary work after Historical Records. As Confucian classics become more and more popular, the imitation atmosphere in the literary world is becoming more and more serious. On the other hand, Wang Chong's Lun Heng is in sharp contrast with Chen Xiangyin's bad tendency at that time with his critical spirit of "being sick and false".
From Andi to Lingdi, it is a period from prosperity to decline in Han Dynasty, and it is also a turning point of literature in Han Dynasty. Zhang Heng embodies the historical transformation of literature in Han Dynasty. From him, lyric short fu appeared one after another, and Kyoto big fu also reached its peak. Zhao Yi, Cai Yong, Mi Fei and others are closer to reality and have a strong critical spirit. Five-character poems entered a mature stage, and Nineteen Ancient Poems represented the highest achievement of literati's five-character poems. The writer's rediscovery, reflection and pursuit of human life, destiny and value in his poems and essays, and the increasingly gorgeous poems and essays in Sorting indicate that an era of literary consciousness is coming.