Chinese Events that Influenced Literature Timeline

  • pictograph
    1400 BCE

    pictograph

    This was the earliest form of writing. It was also the first alphabet.
  • Movable Type
    1040 BCE

    Movable Type

    The movable type was created by the Sung Dynasty.
    It was a way to mass produce books.
  • calligraphy
    800 BCE

    calligraphy

    Calligraphy is decorative handwriting or handwritten lettering.
    Calligraphy was view as art in Ancient China.
  • poetry
    621 BCE

    poetry

    Poetry is literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature. They viewed poetry as something important.
  • pottery
    618 BCE

    pottery

    Pottery is pots, dishes, and other articles made of earthenware or baked clay. They made pottery with different designs.
  • Woodblock printing
    618 BCE

    Woodblock printing

    This was used for printing publications. This made it easier for them to spread literature.
  • Painting
    475 BCE

    Painting

    This was a way for the Chinese people to express themselves.They painted the world around them.
  • paper
    100 BCE

    paper

    This was a foundation of literature. Without paper there would be no books.