通过细读文本并结合中西哲学有关理论，文章评述了前人对《原道》之“道”的不同解释及其存在的缺憾；重新解读了《原道》之“道”的内涵并梳理了《原道》之“道”与儒释道之道的区别与联系；分析了刘勰征儒家之圣、宗儒家之经与视老子为贤、《道德经》为子书的理由。通过上述工作，文章重新梳理了《原道》之“道—德—圣—文”内涵及其关系。

By perusing the text of "Yuan Dao" (tracing the origin to the Dao) with relevant theories of Chinese and Western philosophy, this article reviews different interpretations of "Dao" and their insufficiencies. It reinterprets the meanings of "Dao" and analyzes difference and connection between "Dao" in "Yuan Dao" and that in Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. Another focus of this article is the reasons why Liu Xie esteems Confucius as a saint and Laozi a sage, and why he extols Confucian classics and Dao De Jing. Through the above analysis, the article expounds the meanings and relationship among "dao-de-sheng-wen" in "Yuan Dao".