祭驴文【英】

“Elegy for a Donkey”

定义

唐代小赋。此文借祭亡驴表达了对现实社会种种弊端的鞭挞，书写了愤懑不得志的心情。全文散韵相间，句式整齐。

It is a short fu poem from the Tang Dynasty, as recorded in the Dunhuang manuscripts. It criticizes various social problems and conveys the author’s frustrations through the mourning of a dead donkey. It is written in neat, well-arranged sentence patterns with prose and rhymed lines alternating throughout the work.