The earliest collection of poems () the earliest collection of myths () the earliest narrative poems () the earliest lyric poems ()

Confucius (Spring and Autumn Period), China's first collection of poems, The Book of Songs.

The earliest collection of myths, Shan Hai Jing.

The earliest long narrative poem Peacock Flying Southeast (formerly known as Ancient Poems by Jiao Zhongqing's Wife) is the earliest and longest narrative poem in ancient China.

China's first lyric poem: Li Sao.