The source of the two great poems in the pre-Qin period is

Pre-Qin poetry includes The Book of Songs, Songs of Chu, some folk songs in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and some primitive social songs. Folk songs and ancient songs are collected in The Source of Ancient Poems. Pre-Qin poetry is the source of China's poetry, among which The Book of Songs is the source of China's realistic poetry, and Chu Ci is the source of China's romantic poetry. Pre-Qin poetry is rich in content, complete in rhythm and exquisite in conception. It made a high-level start for China's poetry. Most pre-Qin poems are short and pithy, concise and poetic. This is quite different from the long epics of the west and ethnic minorities, and has distinct characteristics. Because of this, China's poems are exquisite and meaningful, and the connotation of poetry can only be fully displayed in China's poems.

The 400-year-old literature of Han Dynasty has brilliant achievements, diverse forms and rich contents. There is no doubt that Han Fu, the popular political prose of this generation and the historical prose of later generations are the highest achievements of Han literature. Yuefu folk songs and literati's five-seven-character poems are another wonderful work in the literary world at this time. In addition to Yuefu in the Western Han Dynasty, there are also acts songs and ballads that have not been included or entered into music. Scholars in the Eastern Han Dynasty directly simulated and studied folk songs, which made the literati's five-character poems develop rapidly. Ban Gu's Ode to History is regarded as the earliest five-character poem. Nineteen Ancient Poems in the Late Eastern Han Dynasty

Social changes in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, changes in academic ideas and literary concepts, and the aesthetic pursuit of literature all brought about changes in poetry. In terms of subject matter, there have been poems about nostalgia, wandering immortals, metaphysical poems and palace poems, as well as pastoral poems created by Tao Yuanming and landscape poems created by Xie Lingyun. In terms of poetic style, the five ancient poems are more colorful, and the seven ancient poems have also made significant progress. As the beginning of formal poetry, "Yongming Style" appeared. Several basic forms of China's ancient poetry, such as five laws, five unique poems, seven laws and seven unique poems, were all formed during this period. In rhetoric, the pursuit of beauty is becoming more and more popular. Algae decoration, parallel prose, melody and allusions have become common means.