德克.卜德关于汉语言文字的论述主要是围绕李约瑟问题展开的,其看法独立于西方汉学界两种流行的观点之外。一方面他反对认为表意文字缺乏表现力,阻碍科学思想产生的观点,充分肯定汉语言文字本身具有独一无二的美与感染力;另一方面又不赞同汉语对中国科学思想毫无影响的说法,认为汉语书面语对于中国思想中科学思维方式的影响是阻碍大于促进。 Dirk Nowitzki’s discourse on Chinese language mainly focuses on Needham’s question, which is independent of the two popular views of Western sinology. On the one hand, he objected to the view that ideograms lacked expressive force and obstructed the production of scientific ideas, fully affirmed that Chinese language itself had unique beauty and contagious power; on the other hand, he did not agree with the Chinese saying that there was no impact on Chinese scientific thought. The influence of Chinese written language on the way of thinking of science in Chinese ideology is an impediment greater than promotion.