老子是我国古代伟大的自然主义哲学家。《道德经》是中国第一部完整的哲学著作,是道家思想的重要的来源。本文通过对《道德经》中节选部分的三个英译本进行比较,探讨译者对原文所包含的哲学思想和文化内涵的理解,总结不同译本的特点。 Lao Tzu is a great naturalist philosopher in ancient China. “Moral scriptures” is China’s first complete philosophical works, is an important source of Taoism. This paper compares the three English versions of the excerpts from “Tao Te Ching”, explores the translator’s understanding of the philosophical thoughts and cultural connotations contained in the original text, and summarizes the characteristics of the different versions.