民間文學乃係以一般大眾作為訴求對象嘅，所以佢往往能夠直接噉呈現當時歷史文化嘅真貌。又因為佢常訴諸口語，所以亦保存咗當時語言嘅實際狀況。呢個時期大致可以再分做三個部份：
Folk literature is aimed at the general public, so he can often directly present the true face of the history and culture of the time. And because he often resorted to the spoken language, he also preserved the actual state of the language at that time. This period can be roughly divided into three parts: