Pre-Qin literature was formed in the period of the occurrence and creation of China culture. The study of pre-Qin literature must be integrated into the comprehensive dynamic system of culture and investigated in the broadest historical and cultural background. For example, the study of historical biographical literature and hundred schools of thought's philosophical and artistic prose involves a series of cultural issues such as "official culture of historians", "rational spirit of pre-Qin", national spirit, mode of thinking and aesthetic psychology. The study of Chuci in the Book of Songs also involves cultural issues such as the North-South culture, the origin of Confucianism and Taoism, and religious folklore. The emergence of outstanding Zhuang and Sao is also a cultural phenomenon. It is necessary to reveal the reasons why they have reached the peak of the times because of their long-term accumulation and profound accumulation from the aspects related to cultural factors such as profound history, cultural inheritance and spiritual atmosphere of the times. It can be said that almost all the problems in pre-Qin literature involve a wide range of cultural issues. Therefore, the study of pre-Qin literature can not be separated from the cut-in and deepening of cultural perspective.

If the development of China literature is compared to a long river, then the literature in this period is in the origin stage; If China literature is compared to a tall building, then the literature of this period is its cornerstone. Therefore, understanding and studying the literature of this period is of special significance for understanding the formation of the fine tradition of China literature, the historical origin of aesthetic consciousness, and the occurrence and development of the national form and style of China literature.