After that, the four-character poem gradually became five-character.
Pre-Qin dynasty A hundred schools of thought contend prose Li Si's "Jian Ke"
Sima Xiangru, Yang Xiong, Ban Gu and Zhang Heng, four writers of Han Fu, were praised as the four masters of Han Fu by later generations.
Sima Xiangru: Zi Xufu, Shang, Fu, Ai, Changmen Fu, Meiren Cheng: Qi Fa (Chu Ci), Tu Fuyuan Jia Yi: Bird Shang Fu, Yang Xiong: Hedong Fu, School Hunting Fu.
Between the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, there were three kingdoms, the Jin Dynasty, the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Sui Dynasty. There were wars during this period, but there were also some representative figures, such as San Cao, Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest and Wang Xizhi. Southern and Northern Dynasties are Yuefu poems, which were first established by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Needless to say, Tang poetry and Tang poetry novels, such as Liu Yi's biography.
(Four Masters in Early Tang Dynasty)
Su Shi, Li Qingzhao, Xin Qiji and Zhou Bangyan from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the end of the Song Dynasty.
This time is very chaotic, many dynasties coexist, and the early Song Dynasty was better.
Yuan Qu Yuan Zaju such as Guan Hanqing, Ma Zhiyuan, Wang Shifu and Bai Pu.
Ming and Qing novels reached their peak, Four Great Classical Novels.
I don't know much, that's all. If you are really interested, would you mind reading The History of China Literature?