The first book in our country was the Book of Songs. It was the earliest collection of poems in ancient China, which included poems from the Pre-Qin period (11th century B.C. to 6th century B.C.). The Book of Songs is divided into three parts: Feng, Ya, and Song. It contains 305 poems, of which 160 are Feng, 14 are Ya, and 11 are Song.
The first historical record in China was the Records of the Historian.
The first historical record in China was the Records of the Historian, written by Sima Qian. It was written in 141 B.C. It was a historical biography of the Western Han Dynasty and was the earliest complete history book in China.
The first agricultural book in China was Zhoubi Suanjing, an ancient classic work on agricultural calculation and mathematical knowledge. It was written around 1200 B.C. It was one of the ancient Chinese mathematical works and also an important basic document of Chinese agricultural science. The content of Zhoubi Suanjing covered agricultural production, mathematical calculation, farming tools manufacturing, crop growth and other aspects. It played an important role in promoting the development of ancient Chinese agricultural economy and the progress of science and technology.
The first historical chronicle in China was the Records of the Historian, written by Sima Qian of the Han Dynasty. This book is an important historical document, regarded as the beginning of Chinese history books, and also one of the most important literary works in ancient China. The book recorded the history of Qin Shihuang's unification of the six countries from 221 B.C. to 112 B.C., including various political, military, and cultural records.
The first complete agricultural book existing in our country is the Tian Zheng Ji in Zhou Li.
The first national history book in our country was the Spring and Autumn Annals. It was written in the middle of the 6th century B.C. The Spring and Autumn Annals systematically introduced the political, economic, and cultural situations of various vassal states during the Spring and Autumn Period with the history of the State of Lu as a clue. It was an important part of ancient Chinese history books.
China's first chronicle of history was written by Shen Buhai, a historian of the State of Lu. The book was written between 722 B.C. and 476 B.C. It systematically summarized the political struggles and wars between the various vassal states during the Spring and Autumn Period with the history of the State of Lu as a clue.
The first book written on paper in China was the Book of Changes.
The first dictionary in our country was Zilin, which was created by Zheng Zhong, a scholar of the Western Han Dynasty. It was the earliest comprehensive dictionary in our country and also one of the important materials for the study of Chinese characters.
Our country's first dictionary was Shuo Wen Jie Zi. It was a dictionary of ancient Chinese characters written by Xu Shen, a scholar in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. This dictionary contains more than 2500 Chinese characters 'pronunciation, meaning, glyph, structure, and other aspects of knowledge. It is one of the important milestone in Chinese philology and philology.