国外对隐喻的研究经历了不同的阶段。从修辞学研究到隐喻的认知研究。我们学习国外的语言学理论目的之一是应用于对汉字的研究中。隐喻作为比喻的一种已广泛应用在文言文作品中,并且在那时古人已认识到隐喻与思维的关系。本文首先对比了国内外的隐喻研究,此外对汉字从字型,意义和意义的变化原因等方面进行分析,得出隐喻具有普遍性,并且更进一步证明了隐喻是一种认知方式。 Foreign metaphor research has gone through different stages. From Rhetorical Study to Cognitive Study of Metaphor. One of the purposes of our study of foreign linguistic theory is to apply it to the study of Chinese characters. Metaphor as a metaphor has been widely used in classical Chinese works, and at that time the ancients had realized the relationship between metaphor and thinking. This article first compares the metaphorical research both at home and abroad, analyzes the reasons for the change of the Chinese characters from the fonts, meanings and meanings, and draws the conclusion that the metaphors are universal, and further prove that the metaphor is a cognitive way.