(1) Ancient times: myths and legends
(2) Pre-Qin period: Prose (historical prose, various schools of thought prose)
(3) Han Dynasty: the historical prose of Yuefu folk songs.
(4) Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties: poetry, etc.
(5) Tang Dynasty: Poetry
(6) Song Dynasty: Ci
(7) Yuan Dynasty: Qu
(8) Ming and Qing Dynasties: novels