1. The first Book of Songs: the earliest collection of poems in China, which collected 305 poems from the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period. These poems are mainly folk songs and court music, which show the life, feelings and beliefs of ancient people.
2. The Second Book of Songs of the South: China's first collection of romantic poems, including the works of Chu poets Qu Yuan, Song Yu and others in the Warring States Period. These poems are full of wonderful imagination and romantic feelings, which have a far-reaching impact on later poems.
3. The Analects of Confucius, one of the ancient Confucian classics in China, was compiled by Confucius' disciples and their later studies. This book records Confucius' words and deeds and dialogues, and is an important document for studying China's ancient ideology and culture.
4. The fourth Zuo Zhuan: an important work of China's ancient history books, one of the three biographies of Spring and Autumn Annals. It takes the war and diplomatic activities of governors of various countries in the Spring and Autumn Period as the theme, with twists and turns and strong stories, and is known as "the pioneering work of China's narrative literature".
5. Classic of Mountains and Seas 5: A wonderful book on ancient myths and legends, geography, history, nationalities and religions in China, with a wide range of contents, involving ancient myths, astronomy, geography, animals and plants. It records many myths and legends, anecdotes and stories of historical figures.
The development process of ancient literature
1. The development of ancient literature is a long and colorful process. From the earliest poems, myths and legends to the poems and songs of various dynasties, ancient literature has been developing and growing, forming a variety of literary forms and works.
2. The pre-Qin period is the source of China's ancient literature, during which great literary works such as The Book of Songs, Shangshu, Yijing and Chunqiu appeared. The Book of Songs is the earliest collection of poems in China, in which the poems reflect the life and feelings of the ancients and are important documents for studying ancient literature.
3. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, many important literary works appeared, such as Qin Shihuang's Unified Writing, and Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty ousted a hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, due to the influence of politics, economy, culture and other factors, literary creation had a new development, and literary works such as Cao Zhi, Luo Shenfu and Lothario Fu appeared.
4. The Tang and Song Dynasties were the golden age of Chinese ancient literature, and the literary works in this period were rich and colorful, including poems, words, songs and poems. Among them, Tang poetry and Song ci became the representative works of China literature and were regarded as the two peaks of ancient China literature.
5. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with the development of commerce and handicrafts, literary creation also made new progress. There are various literary works in this period, including novels, operas and essays. The Ming and Qing novels A Dream of Red Mansions, The Journey to the West and Water Margin have become the classics of China literature.