文学是以语言为手段塑造形象来反映社会生活、表达作者思想感情的一种艺术。起源于人类的生产劳动。最早出现的是口头文学，一般是与音乐联结为可以演唱的抒情诗歌。 (Literature is an art that uses language as a means to shape images to reflect social life and express the author's thoughts and feelings. It was originated in human's productive labor. The one emerged earliest is the oral literature, which is generally a singable lyric poetry in association with music.)