中国古代文献典籍里记载了大量原始素材,如传说、歌谣之类,其中难免有后人穿凿附会处,不可信为史,却也有一部分反映了当时的社会现实,可为所借鉴。东汉赵晔在《吴越春秋》记载了一首古歌谣《弹歌》,“断竹,续竹,飞上,逐肉。”仅用八个字就简明扼要地记述了先民狩猎的全过程:砍断竹子,做成弹弓,打出泥丸,追捕猎物。这是有文字记载的中国最古老的叙事文学。作为一首古歌谣,它也是中国历史上最原始的音乐形式之一。文学,自诞生那日起,便是和音乐结合在一起的。 Ancient Chinese literature records a large number of original material, such as legends, songs and the like, which inevitably have to wear chisel attached to future generations, not credible for the history, but also some reflect the social reality at that time, for reference. Eastern Han Dynasty Zhao Ye in the “Spring and Autumn of Wu Yue” recorded an ancient song “war song”, “broken bamboo, bamboo, fly, meat by the meat.” With only eight characters on a brief account of the ancestral hunting The whole process: cut off the bamboo, made slingshot, hit the mud pill, hunt for prey. This is the oldest documented narrative in China. As an ancient folk song, it is also one of the most primitive forms of music in Chinese history. Literature, since its birth, is a combination of music.