China's First Encyclopedia —— Yongle Dadian
China's First Dictionary —— Erya
China's First Dictionary —— Shuowen Jiezi
China's First Chronological History Book —— Zuo Zhuan
China's First National History Book —— Mandarin
China's First Biographical History Book-Historical Records
The Analects of Confucius, China's first recorded Confucian classic prose.
China's first military work, The Art of War.
Yanzi Chunqiu is China's first historical prose that records personal words and deeds.
China's First Biographical Chronicle-Hanshu
China's First Monograph on Literary Theory and Criticism —— Liu Xie's Wen Xin Diao Long
China's first monograph on poetry theory and criticism--zhong rong's poems.
China's first popular science work-Shen Kuo's Meng Qian Bi Tan
China's First Hydrogeology Monograph —— Notes on Water Mirror
China's First Diary Travels —— Xu Hongzu's Travels of Xu Xiake
China's First Romantic Myth Novel —— Journey to the West in Wu Cheng'en
China's First Satire Novel —— Wu's The Scholars
China's first collection of short stories in classical Chinese-Pu Songling's Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio
China's first novella-The True Story of Ah Q by Lu Xun