The Origin of the German Trauerspiel presents an original philosophical project in the middle of the development of Walter Benjamin's thought,a reconstruction of the outline of this plan will help to comprehend this work from a philosophical perspective.With its own program of epistemological critique,it attempts to gain a comprehensive and illuminating overview of a historical epoch through trans-disciplinary theoretical experiments based on his analysis of art works.This project initiates a methodology oriented operation,including the dismantling and reorganization of research materials,the dialectical perspective on historical origin,and the re-outlining of a shape of truth through the redeployment of conventional concepts.The operational procedure is developed with a writing practice of philosophical criticism.While depicting the art form of Trauerspiel,Benjamin's stylistic writing also tests the possible boundary of philosophical thinking and writing.The project,with a unique historical consciousness and interweaving with traditional philosophical discourses,brings together a number of historical clues and explores a guideline of investigation in its own way.