Composition Techniques and Research Area of Xang Yuj's Essay Tao Ancestry

Abstract

The article analyzes one of the most well-known essays of Xang Yuj (768-824), Chinese poet, prose writer and political figure of the dynasty Tang period. The author of the article reviews composition technics, used by Xang Yuj to create the text, and retraces the progress of the essay's research area through different philosophic, mainly Confucian categories mentioned in the essay.

Keywords

• «древняя» проза
• конфуцианство
• даосизм
• буддизм
• категория
• композиция
• структурирование
• художественный прием