Chinese Literature
Poetry Prose Novel
Poetry
The book of songs 诗经 YueFu乐府 Rhythm poetry格律诗 Song lyrics词 Modern poetry现代诗
The book of songs
诗经
1)Chinese first anthology of poetry 2)305 articles:
Pre-qin prose
the hundred schools of thought and historical prose.
exposition and argumentation—— “the analects”(论语) “mencius”.
recorded historical events and the historical characters ——zuozhuan.(左传).
Meng Haoran,Wang Wei Frontier fortress poet(边塞诗人):
Wang Changling, WangZhihuan
Song lyrics
词
Song lyrics was popular as a form of song in the Song Dynasty the Northern and Southern dynasties the Tang Dynasty the Song Dynasty Song lyrics is mainly divided into: the powerful and free school（豪放派) xin Qiji 、 Su Shi the subtle and concise school（婉约派） Li Qingzhao、YanShu
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Prose
Ancientry Prose:
the scriptures legend the history books
Modern Prose：
narrative prose (叙事性散文) lyrical prose（抒情散文） the philosophical essays（哲理散文）
The Tang Dynasty
Legend prevailed in the Tang Dynasty, it was not the peak period of novel development.
《The song of Everlasting Hatred pass》长恨歌传
The Ming and Qing Dynasties
Modern poetry
现代诗
Modern poetry —— "vernacular poems"（白话诗）
liberal format and rhythm. Representative： Guo Moruo——《Stary Sky》 Xu Zhimo——《Farewell to the
Feng Ya Song 3)Representative works: 《GuanJu》 《CaiWei》
Yuefu
乐府
the government office in the Han Dynasty collected folk songs and ballads
The peacock flies to the southeast (孔雀东南飞),
There are several aspects of the origin of the novel: 1. myth and legend(神话传说) 2. the fable story (寓言故事) 3. the history (史传)
Early novel
Early novel originated in the fable, history, and the myth and legend. But these novels were in the fusion of ancient prose of the records. Representative works : 《sea classics》 山海经
“Eight masters of the Tang and Song dynasties”Famous writers:鲁迅（周树人）、周作人、林语 堂（弘一法师）、朱自清、冰心（谢婉莹）、郁达 夫、郭沫若、 叶圣陶 、许地山、徐志摩、何其芳
Novel
The Chinese ancient novels bud in the pre-qin(先秦）. The Tang Dynasty was the mature period of novels known as the Golden Legend. The late Yuan and Ming and Qing Dynasties Novels developed to peak, and appeared long novels.
Ming and Qing Dynasties were the Chinese novel history period of prosperity. Since the beginning of Ming Dynasty, the novel showed its social function and value of literature. The Qing Dynasty was the period that the Chinese classical novel was declining.
Prose of Tang and Song Dynasties
The Tang Dynasty strongly advocated the old prose, raised the movement of ancient prose.
In the Song Dynasty, ouyang xiu again raised the movement of ancient prose.
MuLan poetry (木兰诗)
Rhythm poetry
格律诗
reached the mature height of its golden age in the Tang Dynasty.
Fairy Poet(诗仙）: Li Bai Saint Poet（诗圣）: Du Fu Landscape rural poet(山水田园诗人):