Chinese Timeline

By JH2K
  • 1400 BCE

    1

    Earliest evidence of Chinese writing is found on Shang oracle bones.
  • 1000 BCE

    2

    Earliest known Chinese poems composed. Many were featured in The Book of Odes.
  • 551 BCE

    3

    Confucius teaches about ethical values such as honesty, loyalty, and respect. His disciplines later record his teaching in Analects.
  • 500 BCE

    4

    The Shih Ching, the first anthology of Chinese poetry, is compiled. This Book is known as The Book of Ode.
  • 100

    5

    The first Chinese Dictionary is compiled. Xu Shen edited it during the Eastern Han Dynasty.
  • 106

    6

    Pan Chao a scholarly widow, sister of Pan Ku and imperial historian after his death writes Lesson for Women.
  • 699

    7

    Birth of Wang Wei, painter and poet. He lived during the Tang rule and became a very famous writer.
  • 900

    8

    Song lyrics, or tz'u, sung by women entertainers become a major poetic form Li Ch'ing-chao masters then genre.