先秦文学习惯上分为神话、诗歌、史传文学和诸子散文四大部分。这四大部分的研究都有一个史料审查的问题。根据不同的史料审查的尺度 ,写出来的先秦文学史不可同日而语。比如我们所艳称的《诗经》《楚辞》 ,照“屈原否定论” ,《楚辞》就得从先秦文学中排除 ,因为“皮之不存 , Pre-Qin literary habits are divided into myths, poetry, historical literature and the four major prose essay. All four major studies have a question of historical examination. According to different scales of historical examination, the history of pre-Qin literature written can not be compared in the same way. For example, the “Book of Songs” and “Songs of the South”, which we call “Yan”, according to “Qu Yuan negation theory” and “Chu Ci” have to be excluded from the pre-Qin literature because "