《道德经》是先秦最重要的哲学经典著作之一,它深深地影响了中华文化。学术界通常多将该经作哲学的、思想的、宗教的、文化的处理,极少有关注它文学性的一面;大多文学史或将其与《南华经》并列而言,或数语带过。今以文献考察和文本分析的方式对《道德经》的文学性进行探讨。《道德经》对文学史极有贡献,它既提示了文学作品创作的特色,又极具文学表现力,其于表达方式、句式和修辞格等诸方面展示出了极高的文学性。 “Moral Scriptures” is one of the most important philosophical classics in the pre-Qin period, it has deeply affected the Chinese culture. In the academic world, most of the philosophical, intellectual, religious and cultural treatments are seldom concerned with its literary side. Most of the literary history is either tied to the South China Scriptures, Too This article explores the literary nature of “Tao Te Ching” through literature review and textual analysis. Moral Tao contributed greatly to the history of literature. It not only showed the characteristics of literary creation, but also showed great literary expression. It showed great literary features in terms of modes of expression, sentences and figures of speech.