Literary styles of each dynasty and the representative characters and masterpieces of these characters.

Pre-Qin prose: represented by the Spring and Autumn Annals and the State Language

Pre-Qin poetry: represented by the Classic of Poetry and Qu Yuan's Chu Rhetoric

Prose of the Sons of the Zus: represented by The Analects of Confucius, Lao Zi, and Mozi, etc.

2, Qin and Han

Han fugue: Jia Yi's Hanging Qu Yuan Fugue, and Ma Xiangru's Zi Xiu Fugue, etc

3, Wei, Jin, and North and South Dynasties

And the history of Han: Si Qian's Historical Records

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Han History: Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian"

3, Wei, Jin, and North and South Dynasties

Literary Theory: Lu Ji's Wen Fu, Liu Fei's Wenxin Diao Long, and Zhong Rong's Poetry Pieces

Ekphrasis: Yu Xin's Preface to Lamentations on the South of Yangtze River

4, Tang and Fifth Dynasties

Tang Poetry: a large number of poets, headed by Li Bai and Du Fu, brought the poetry of Tang Dynasty to the the highest peak of Chinese literature.

Prose: Representatives of Han Yu's "Original Destruction", "Teacher's Discourse", "Explanation of Progress in Learning", and Liu Zongyuan's "Eight Memoirs of Yongzhou"

Parallelism: Wang Bo's "Preface to the Pavilion of Tengwangge"

5, the two Song dynasties

Song lyrics: the two jewels of Chinese literature are comparable to the poetry of the Tang Dynasty. Liu Yong's "Yu Lin Ling" and Su Shi's "Song of Water"

Essays: Wang Yu's "Records of the Leaky Courtyard", Fan Zhongyan's "Records of the Yueyang Tower", and Ouyang Xiu's "Records of the Drunken Weng Pavilion"

Prose: Wang Anshi's "Records of a Visit to Mt. Baochen", and Su Shi's "The Red Cliff Fugue"

6. Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasty

Yuan Opera: Yuan Haoqian's "Suddenly Raining on a New Lotus"

Miscellaneous Dramas: Representatives of -The Four Great Masters of Yuan Opera, Guan Hanqing, Bai Pu, Zheng Guangzu and Ma Zhiyuan, are known as the "Four Great Plays of Love": "The Soul of the Sisters of the Sinister," "The Story of the Western Wing," "On the Wall," "Pavilion of the Worshiping Moon"

Opera: Wang Shifu's "The Story of the Western Wing" and Tang Xianzu's "The Peony Pavilion. The Peony Pavilion" by Wang Shifu

Ming Popular Literature: Feng Menglong's "Three Words" and "Two Beats," Wu Chengen's "Journey to the West," Luo Guanzhong's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms," and Xiaoxiao Sheng's "The Plum in the Golden Vase."

Qing Opera: Hong Sheng's "The Palace of Eternal Life" and Kong Shangren's "The Peach Blossom Fan"

Qing Novels: Cao Xueqin's "A Dream of Red Mansions" and Wu Jingzi's "The History of the Ruins.

7, modern

prose: Liang Qichao's "The Sayings of Young China"

poetry: the poets of the Southern Society

condemnatory novels: Li Baojia's "The Present Condition of the Officialdom", Wu Woyao's "Twenty Years of Witnessing Strange Present Situations", Zeng Park's "Sinful Sea Flowers", Liu Osprey's "Journey to the Old Man's Palace"

8, contemporary

predominantly in the form of prose and novels. A Hundred Schools of Thought