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What literature in China's traditional literature dominates the world?

China's literary tradition is mainly lyrical literature, that is, the emergence of "poetry"; Western literary tradition is dominated by drama literature and narrative literature. For example, Shakespeare is called a poet by westerners, not because he wrote more than 100 sonnets, but because he wrote many famous plays. However, in China, Guan Hanqing and Ma Zhiyuan's plays are successful, and they cannot be called poets.

Generally speaking, the western literary tradition originated from the ancient Greek tragedy, while the China literary tradition originated from the lyrical ballads of the pre-Qin period. Western literary achievements are based on drama, while China's ancient literary achievements are based on poetry.