“解释学”一词起源于古希腊神话中一个名叫赫尔默斯的神,他是宙斯的信使,其任务是将诸神的意见迅速地传达给世间的凡夫俗子。由于神的世界与人的世界在语言上无法沟通,因此赫尔默斯就承担了翻译和解释的工作。后来,这种语言的转换工作,就演变成了当代西方哲学的一门学问 The term “hermeneutics” originated in the name of Helmut, the god of ancient Greek mythology, a messenger of Zeus, whose mission was to promptly communicate the opinions of the gods to the mortals of the world. As the world of God and the human world were unable to communicate in words, Hermes assumed the task of translating and interpreting. Later, this language conversion work evolved into a knowledge of contemporary Western philosophy