“味”是老子哲学中最具美学意蕴的一个范畴。“味”最初只是一个表达生理感觉的词语,老子在其转变为一个哲学范畴过程中发挥了重要作用,并且第一次赋予它以美学内涵,使其成为中国古典美学中的一个重要范畴。从词义的角度看,老子“味”范畴有“无味”和“味无味”两方面意义;从哲学的角度看,老子“味”范畴则包含“道之味”和“味之道”两方面意义;而从文论的角度看,老子“味”则主要包括“淡乎无味”和“味之无极”两方面内涵。 “Taste ” is a category of the most aesthetic implication in Laozi’s philosophy. “Taste ” was originally just a term expressing physiological feeling. Lao Tzu played an important role in transforming it into a philosophical category, and for the first time gave it an aesthetic connotation that made it an important category in Chinese classical aesthetics . From a lexical point of view, Lao Tzu’s “flavor” category has two meanings: “tasteless” and “tasteless”; from a philosophical point of view, Lao Tzu’s “taste” category includes “taste of Tao” From the perspective of literary theory, Lao Tzu “taste ” mainly includes the connotation of “light and tasteless ” and “tasteless ”.