Chinese Events that Influenced Literature Timeline By Treez&Beez Period: 1400 BCE to 1100 BCE Earliest evidence of Chinese writing Period: 1000 BCE to 6000 BCE Earliest Chinese poems composed Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE Confucious Teaches ethical values like honesty 500 BCE Lao Tzu Founder of Taoism Develops teachings of Tao Te Ching 500 BCE Shih Ching Book of odes 330 BCE Chuang Tzu Taoist philosipher writes this 54 History of the Former Han Dynasty Pan ku writes this 100 First Chinese Dictionary Compiled 701 Birth of Li Po 712 Birth of Tu Fo
