百回本《西游记》在清代被普遍视作一部阐述“金丹之道”的“证道”之书,这一现象是现代《西游记》研究的热点论题之一。自20世纪90年代至今,已出现了大量相关的研究论文和论著,然而,由于对其中涉及的一些重要概念认识不够准确,部分研究结论出现了偏差。本文对其中所涉及的“金丹之道”、“全真教”、“五行”等重要概念进行辨析,试图澄清相关问题,以期重新认识和评价《西游记》。 The Hundred Hui Ben Journey to the West was generally regarded as a book about “The Road to Sutra” in the Qing Dynasty. This phenomenon is one of the hot topics in the study of Journey to the West . Since the 1990s, a great deal of relevant research papers and treatises have appeared. However, due to the inaccurate understanding of some important concepts involved, some of the conclusions of the study have deviated. This paper analyzes the important concepts of “Golden Path,” “Quanzhenjiao”, “Five Elements” and so on in an attempt to clarify the related issues with a view to re-understanding and evaluation of Journey to the West.