Research topic: Chinese literature

Chinese literature the literature of ancient and modern China. Early Writing and Literature It is not known when the current system of writing Chinese first developed. The oldest written records date from about 1400 BC in the period of the Shang dynasty, but the elaborate system of notation used even then argues in favor of an earlier origin. From short inscriptions on bone and tortoiseshell (used for divination), characters standing for individual words have been deciphered and are traceable through many notations to modern forms. Most of the oldest surviving works of literature... Read more