[jQuery] how to parse data obtained from jquery ajax call

[Albert]

$(document).ready(function() {



        $.ajax({url: '/page/test.html',
            type: 'GET',
            dataType: 'html',
            timeout: 5000,
            error: function(){
                                alert('error');
            },
            success: function(data){

            var dom = $("div/p",data);
                                $('#parse_result').append(dom);
            }
    });


});

// test HTML
<div>
    <p><a>test dom tree</a></p>
</div>

I just can't get the code work because dom is always null
actual html is more complex, I just want to use the xpath to navigate
through the getted html
of course this is perhaps not the best way to do this

if you know a powerful way（ I mean have xpath navigate ability) to
parse html pages at server side please do let me know, thanks very
much