本論文作者以曹雪芹長篇小說《紅樓夢》為例，探討文學作品中呈現的文化意涵，特別是該小說中人物的手勢分析，說明十八世紀中國社會不同階層人物的屬性，及其個別特徵。
The author is to investigate Tsao Hsueh-chin's novel ”Dream of the Red Chamber”. The Purpose of the article is to show the example of this work the possibility of using the cultural potential of a literary text, in particular in analysis of gestures of the characters. Gestures may indicate that the characters belong to different strata of Chinese society 18 centuries, and also have individual characterological features.
