The invention discloses a method for separating 
viscosity-elasticity-
plasticity characteristic parameters in a triaxial rheological test on a rock. The method comprises the following steps: making a sampled 
rock body into a standard cylindrical 
test sample, firstly applying a static 
water pressure state to the cylindrical 
test sample to load initial confining pressure of the 
test sample to reach a rheological test designed value sigma 3, keeping the confining pressure unchanged, performing the triaxial rheological test on the rock in a multistage increment circulated loading and unloading mode till the test sample is damaged, recording deformation characteristics, including an instant strain value epsilon 1, a loading stable strain value epsilon 2, an unloading instant strain value epsilon 3 and an unloading 
rheology stable value epsilon 4, of the test sample in each stage of axial deviatoric 
stress level, and identifying according to an elastic-plastic theory to obtain the instant elasticity strain valve epsilon me, the instant 
plasticity strain value epsilon mp, the 
viscoelasticity strain value epsilon ce and the 
viscoplasticity strain value epsilon cp of the test sample. By the 
viscosity-elasticity-
plasticity parameter 
separation method, the 
viscosity-elasticity-plasticity rheological characteristics of the rock under different deviatoric stress levels can be identified, and corresponding technical measures are provided for reinforcement of surrounding rock bodies under high ground 
stress conditions in deep underground 
engineering.