中西语言哲学观各不相同,古希腊人对语言表达基本上是持肯定看法的,而中国先秦的思想家对语言表达则多持怀疑甚至是否定态度。两者之间的差异可以追溯到各自哲学的核心概念——中国的“道”与西方的Logos.Logos可言,而“道”不可言。这正是导致东西方语言观截然不同的根本原因。 Chinese and Western philosophical views are different, the ancient Greeks basically hold a positive view of the language expression, while the Chinese pre-Qin thinkers are more skeptical or even negative attitude to language expression. The differences between the two can be traced back to the core concepts of their respective philosophies - China’s “Taoism” is comparable to the West’s Logos.Logos, and “Taoism” is unspeakable. This is exactly the fundamental reason that led to the very different view of language between East and West.