Description:
In the given article the questions of the semiotic analysis of the semantic field «landscape» are considered on the basis of the ancient Chinese lexicographic source. In order to define the ethnically determined content and the principles of the ideographic taxonomy the lexical semantic taxonomy of this lexicographic source has been analyzed. The research has been done on the basis of the texts of the thesaurus, chapters 9 “Interpretation of land”, 10 “Interpretation of hills”, 11 “Interpretation of mountains”, 12 “Interpretation of water sources”.