What are the characteristics of pre-Qin literature?

The pre-Qin literature is characterized by arbitrariness, that is, writers are unrestricted and unrestrained, and they can say whatever they want. The original songs, myths and legends before the writing came into being naturally did what the human brain could think of and what the population could say. The Yin-Shang era, which produced characters, was also unrestrained. Despite the infinite worship of the gods, there are still Wuyi people who dare to shoot the sky.

The Zhou Dynasty advocated the etiquette system and restrained its thoughts. The folk songs in The Book of Songs express their true feelings in simple language. Hungry people sing about food, while laborers sing about things. They mercilessly mock Mr. Adults and frankly express the feelings of men and women. After screening and polishing, The Book of Songs still has a sense of reality. It is conceivable that the poems that have not been selected are more real.

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Pre-Qin refers to the history before Qin unified the world in 22 1 BC, including three social forms: primitive society, slave society and early feudal society in China. The origin of literature must be traced back to prehistory, that is, the stage of human history before written history.

Literature at that time was mainly oral literature. The pre-Qin literature is the earliest stage of the development of ancient literature in China, which includes the literature of various historical periods before the pre-Qin period, and its main body is the mature written literature of the Zhou Dynasty, especially the literature of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Pre-Qin Literature