Beginning with primitive mythology, Chinese literature developed withTheBook of Songs,poetryof the South, the prose of the pre-Qin period, hanfuand yuefufolk songs of the Han Dynasty, the literary criticism in the Wei andJin dynasties, the Tangpoems,ciofthe Song Dynasty, yuanquinthe Yuan Dynasty and the Mingand Qing __.Each dynasty contributed its own distinctive literary genre.
A、novels
B、essays