The earliest collection of poems was Camel Xiangzi.

The subject wants to ask, "Is China's earliest collection of poems Camel Xiangzi?" ? No, the earliest collection of poems is The Book of Songs, and Camel Xiangzi is a tragedy described by Lao She with sympathetic strokes, so Camel Xiangzi is not a collection of poems. The Book of Songs was written in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Rites and music were developed in the Zhou Dynasty, and songs were valued to a certain extent, which was considered to be related to politics and religion. The book of songs that could be sung at that time naturally attracted people's attention. At the same time, there was a poetry collection system in the Zhou Dynasty, which enabled the nobles at that time to collect poems from the people.