Poetry is divided according to time method.

1 pre-Qin: rhyme-the book of songs; The Songs of Chu

Non-verse prose

2 Han dynasty: verse-Han fu (ancient fu, great fu); Classical poetry (literati); Yuefu (folk)

Non-verse prose

3 Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties: Rhyme and Parallel Prose (Fu Xiao)

Non-verse parallel prose

4 Sui and Tang Dynasties: Rhyme-Modern Poetry

5 Song Dynasty: Rhyme-Ci

Non-verse ancient prose

6 yuan: Rhyme.

7 Ming and Qing Dynasties: Non-verse-Eight-part essay

8 Modern Times: verse-new poetry; Modern lyrics

Non-verse vernacular