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Long before the emergence of the written word, ballads, accompanied by musicand dance,and myths, passed around by word of mouth, were widelypopular(首先专注主干，然后再添加细节，这样不容易混乱哦). Chinese literature finds its origins in thesetraditions. However, ballads were what people improvised out of daily life, anddue to(原文中隐含了因果关系) lack of means to record and preserve them in ancient times,they quickly disappeared without leaving much of a trace. Today, we can onlydeduce their existence from ancient books, which recorded some time-honoredballads, though most of these are believed to be derivatives of latergenerations. Ballads in the Book of Songs are the earliest writings that can bedated. From this point of view, ancient mythology obviously has had a greatinfluence on Chinese literature.