The Ballad of Mulan and Southeast the Peacock Flies
Disney Pictures' Mulan
Southeast the Peacock Flies
Southeast the Peacock Flies 孔雀东南飞
It is the first long narrative poem in Chinese literary history. It tells a tragic love story of a young couple , Jiao Zhongqing (焦仲卿）and Liu Lanzhi（刘兰芝). It is narrated in the poem that during Jian’an Period in the Eastern Han Dynasty,a girl named Liu Lanzhi from a common family got married to Jiao Zhongqing, who grew up in a wellknown official family which was in decline at that time.
The Ballad of Mulan
木兰诗
It sings of a girl who disguised(假扮) herself as a man ,joined the army in place of her father and won glory on the battlefield.
The Contents in The Records of the Grand Historian




12 volumes of Benji (本纪：biographies of prominent rulers and emperors) 10 volumes of Biao (表：chronological tables) 8 volumes of Shu (书：economic and cultural records of the time) 30 volumes of Shijia (世家：biographies of notable rulers, nobility <贵族阶层> and bureaucrats <官僚> ) 70 volumes of Liezhuan (列传:biographies of important figures)


4. Yuefu Folk songs Southeast Peacock Flies 《孔雀东南飞》 The Ballad of Mulan 《木兰诗》 Roadside Mulberry Tree 《陌上桑》 The Song Of an Orphan 《孤儿行》 The Easter Gate 《东门行》 5.Five word poem the nineteen Ancient Poems《古诗十九首》
1.the stories recording spirits and anecdotes （志人志怪小说） 2.Jian’an Literature （建安文学） 3. Tao Yuanming’s Works 4.Parallet Prose （骈文） 5.yuefu folk songs （乐府诗）
The Peach Blossom Spring (《 桃花源记》) ——By Tao Yuanming
– Using plain words in an artistic and profound way, he perfected descriptions of nature, and his style was followed by poets long after. He was a master of the fivecharacter-a-line poetry.

1. Political Prose： On Faults of Qin 贾谊《过秦论》 晁错《论贵粟疏》 董仲舒《贤良对策》 2. Historical Prose： Records of the Grand Historian 司马迁《 史记》

3.Hanfu——long essays（大赋） & short essays（小赋） On Faults of Qin 《过秦论》贾谊 Lamenting Qu Yuan 《吊屈原赋》贾谊 Master Void Rhapsody 《子虚赋》司马相如 Rhapsody on Great Man 《上林赋》司马相 如
The Literature in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties
• The ―Three Caos‖ (Cao Cao, Cao Pi and Cao Zhi)
– Cao Cao followed the tradition of The Book of Songs, writing some four-character-a-line poems displaying his great ambition as well as considerable sympathy for the sufferings of the common people. – The Sea (《观沧海》) and A Short Song (《短 歌行》) are his well-known pieces. – his great ambition and sympathy for the sufferings of the common people .
The feature of literature in Han Dynasties
Contents of hanfu 一是渲染宫殿城市；二是描写帝王游猎；三是叙述 旅行经历；四是抒发不遇之情；五是杂谈禽兽草木。 Features of hanfu 散韵结合，专事铺叙。即汉赋多用铺陈，押韵的手 法。

2.Jian’an Literature （建安文学） The ―Three Caos‖ （ 曹操《薤露行》《蒿里行》 《苦寒行》，《观沧海》《观沧海》《龟虽寿》， 曹丕的《燕歌行》《典论· 论文》，曹植《白马篇》 《美女篇》） The ―Seven Masters of the Jian’an Period‖ （王 粲《七哀诗》、《登楼赋》,陈琳《饮马长城窟行》、 阮瑀《驾出北郭门行》、刘桢《赠从弟》） Cai Yan 蔡琰 （五言《悲愤诗》，骚体《悲愤诗 》和《胡笳十八拍》）
Yuefu folk songs are mostly written in fivecharacter lines, although some are in sevencharacter or multi-character lines. They reflect the reality and life of lower-class working people. The most outstanding works are Southeast the Peacock Flies (《孔雀东南飞》) and The Ballad of Mulan (《木兰诗》)

3.Tao Yuanming’s Work （陶渊明的作品） The Peach Blossom Spring《桃花源记》 (散文) 《五柳先生传》(散文) 《归去来兮辞 》(辞赋) 《饮酒》 (田园诗) 《归园田居》(咏怀诗)

4.Parallet Prose （骈文） The Literary Mind and Carving of Dragons 《文心雕龙》刘勰 5.yuefu folk songs The Chile Ballad 《敕勒歌》
汉魏晋南北朝时期文学
Literature in Han, Wei , Jin , Southern and Northern Dynasties
Category of Han Dynasty Literature

1. Political Prose 政论散文 2. Historical Prose历史散文 3. Hanfu 汉赋 4. Yuefu Folk songs汉乐府民歌 5. Five word poem 文人五言诗

Features of literature in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties
魏晋南北朝时期文学总体特征是乱世文学。具体表现在七个方面：

1、文学的感情基调表现为悲观和放达 2、文学的主题是生死、游仙和隐逸 3、文学中渗透着儒学、玄学与佛学思想 4、文学中反映了寒门之士的抑郁不平 5、大量出现文学家族 6、创作形式异彩纷呈 7、文学理论和批评的兴盛及文学的自觉

Category of the Literature in the Wei , Jin , Southern and Northern Dynasties

1.the stories recording spirits and anecdotes （志人志怪小说） a New Account of the Tales of the world 《世说新语》 Stories of Immortals 《搜神记》
Records of the Grand Historian (《史记》) ——By Sima Qian It is a monumental work that recording the Chinese history from the time of the legendary figure Yellow Emperor to the Han Dynasty, over a period of about 3,000 years, in 130 chapters. Sima Qian applied the following five styles in writing the bookiterature in Han Dynasties