In fact, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, a hundred schools of thought contended, which was also the time when culture was most valued. Confucianism, Taoism and so on appeared. Among them, there are many famous works: Spring and Autumn Annals, The Book of Songs, Shangshu, Daxue, The Doctrine of the Mean, Book of Rites, Music, Songs of the South (Lisao, Jiuge), Tao Te Ching, Nanhuajing, Liezi and so on.
In the Han Dynasty, great fu, strategy, theory, table, five-character poems and Yuefu poems began to rise, such as Luo Shenfu, Guo Qinlun, Fan Xing, Mulan Ci, Peacock flying southeast and so on. I'm sure everyone recited these in class when they were young.
Then came the Tang Dynasty, in which prose and poetry were the most popular. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, there were eight famous poets, including Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan and Ouyang Xiu, among whom Xiaoshitang wrote these. Of course, there are famous poets such as Bai Juyi, and one person has a lot of output, not to mention so many people.
Song dynasty was also very prosperous, and there were many literary works such as words, poems, comments and essays. All kinds of bold and graceful factions have also begun to emerge.
In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, novels were the most popular. The most famous natural novels are four classical novels: The Journey to the West, A Dream of Red Mansions, Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin. There are still many people who are exploring their own value and constantly making film and television dramas.
So, what is the representative of oriental literature? There are many schools in these periods alone, not to mention many omissions.