“道”是中国哲学最基本的概念,人们把它翻译成英语时有各种不同的译法。但是没有一种译法是最恰当的。正如和下面将要看到的,这些译法离其本意甚远。中国传统文化的这一特有概念,需要追溯其本源才能得以理解。它的含义既简单也很深远,体现了整个人类思维的某些观念。人们第一次遇到自己不熟悉的意义晦涩的外语词汇时,往往不加思索地在自己的文化之中寻找其对应词。然而一一对应是不存在的。因而这样的对比常常会误解外语词汇。“道”是表达终极实在的概念,因此,诸译者都在自己的文化里寻找表达这一终极实在的含义。西方的神学家(如希伯来教徒,基督教徒和伊斯兰 “Road ” is the most basic concept of Chinese philosophy, people translate it into English when there are a variety of translation. But no one translation is the most appropriate. As will be seen below, these translations are far from their original meaning. This unique concept of Chinese traditional culture needs to be traced back to its origin in order to be understood. Its meaning is both simple and profound, reflecting some of the ideas of the entire human mind. When people encounter the obscure foreign language vocabulary they are unfamiliar with for the first time, they often look for their corresponding words in their own culture without any thinking. However, one-to-one correspondence does not exist. Therefore, such comparisons often misunderstand foreign language vocabulary. “Road ” is to express the ultimate concept of reality, therefore, all translators in their own culture to find the expression of this ultimate meaning. Western theologians (such as Hebrews, Christians, and Islam