The first poet in our country was Qu Yuan (340 - 278 B.C.). He was a famous writer, politician and poet in the Chu State. His representative works, such as the Songs of Chu, were regarded as classics in the history of Chinese literature. His poems express feelings, describe natural scenery and reflect social reality as the theme, which has a high artistic value and cultural content.
The first female poet in our country was Li Qingzhao. Qin Guan was the first female poet in China. The first mythological collection in our country was the Classic of Mountains and Seas. The first dictionary in China was the Modern Chinese Dictionaries.
The earliest collection of literature in our country is the Book of Songs, the earliest collection of poems is the Songs of Chu, and the earliest comprehensive literary work is the Spring and Autumn Annals. The first great poet in our country was Qu Yuan. He lived in the Spring and Autumn Period and created a series of excellent poems such as "Chu Ci". The earliest novel in our country is Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. It tells many fantastic stories and is a classic of ancient Chinese novels. The earliest collection of poetry and prose in our country is The Analects of Confucius, which is one of the ancient Confucian classics in China. It records the words, deeds, and thoughts of Confucius and his disciples. The earliest collection of poems in our country, the Book of Songs, was the foundation of ancient Chinese poetry and was known as the "source of the country of poetry".
In the history of Chinese literature, Du Fu was known as the "Poet Immortal" and Li Bai was known as the "Poet Saint".
Our country's first historian and writer was Sima Qian.
Mr. Wu Liu referred to the Tang Dynasty writer Tao Yuanming. Tao Yuanming (305 - 365) was a writer, ideologist, and politician in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He was born at the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and died during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Tao Yuanming advocated returning to nature and pursuing the harmony between nature and society. His poems were fresh and natural, indifferent to fame and fortune, and secluded in the countryside. He was known as the "Pastoral Poet".
China's first literary work of realism was Dream of the Red Chamber.
China's first dictionary was the Xinhua dictionary, which was first published in 1953.
The first essay in our country was Spring and Autumn Dew.
China's first great work of literary realism was 'Dream of the Red Chamber'.
The first literary criticism book in China was the Qing Dynasty writer Cao Xueqin's 'A Review of the Dream of the Red Chamber'.