The evolution of rhyming literature in the pre-Qin period (including three stages: ancient ballads, the Book of Songs and Chu Ci) is about 1000 words ~

1. Ancient ballads: Ancient folk songs and ballads are a kind of folk literature. In ancient China, music was regarded as songs and songs as ballads. Ancient ballads are an important tool for ancestors to express their thoughts, feelings and promote production. They came into being in primitive times with extremely low productivity, and they are the earliest literary styles. According to the theme, it can be divided into labor ballads, sacrifice ballads, totem ballads, marriage ballads, war ballads and so on. They are collective, comprehensive and direct in reproducing life, with concise words and smooth rhythm, and Fu is their main expression method. Primitive ballads are mostly in the form of two words. This is because in ancient times, labor movements were simple and the labor rhythm was short and distinct, so the rhythm of poetry accompanied by labor movements was naturally not complicated. In addition, ancient Chinese are all monosyllabic words, and the combination of two monosyllabic words is the opening sentence, which is directly related to the thinking mode and language ability of ancient Chinese.

2. The Book of Songs is the earliest collection of poems in China and the first collection of realistic poems in China. Poems earning more than 500 years from the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period (1 1 century to the 6th century) truly reflect the historical features of China's slave society from prosperity to decline. Also known as "Poetry 300". The pre-Qin dynasty was called "Poetry", or the integer was called "Poetry 300". In the Western Han Dynasty, it was honored as a Confucian classic, formerly known as The Book of Songs, which has been in use ever since. Most of the authors of the poems in The Book of Songs cannot be verified. It involves the Yellow River Basin, starting from Shaanxi and eastern Gansu in the west, reaching southwest Hebei in the north, Shandong in the east and Jianghan Basin in the south. Poetry is inseparable from music. "Style, elegance and praise" are the classification of the Book of Songs according to different music, and "Fu, Bi and Xing" are the expressions of the Book of Songs. The Book of Songs is mainly composed of four words and miscellaneous words. Wind refers to the wind of fifteen countries, represents the Book of Songs, and is full of realism spirit, which is a classic of the Book of Songs.

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Chuci, also known as "Chuci", is a poetic style created by Qu Yuan, a great poet in the Warring States Period. The works use the literary style and dialect rhyme of Chu area (now around the two lakes) to describe the mountains, rivers and historical customs of Chu area, which has strong local characteristics. In the Han Dynasty, Liu Xiang compiled Qu Yuan's works and Song Yu's works "Cheng Qu Fu" into a collection called Songs of the South. It became a collection of poems that had a far-reaching influence on China literature after The Book of Songs. It is also China's first collection of romantic poems. Works or styles imitating Chu Ci are sometimes called "Chu Ci Style" or "Sao Style". Sao refers to Li Sao and stands for Songs of the South. It is full of romanticism and is a classic of Songs of the South.