本文从后殖民理论视角,讨论中国译者对波斯诗人欧玛尔·海亚姆的误读。由于对伊斯兰教文化背景缺乏足够的了解,自20世纪20年代以来的中国译者误读了欧玛尔·海亚姆和他的诗歌,并误导了中国的研究者和读者。因此当我们试图了解他者的文学时,应从对方的文化背景和传统出发,而不是从自己的观点或某种固有的思维模式出发。 From the perspective of postcolonial theory, this article discusses the Chinese translator’s misunderstanding of the Persian poet Omar Khayyam. Due to a lack of adequate understanding of the Islamic cultural background, Chinese translators misunderstand Omar Khayam and his poems since the 1920s and mislead Chinese researchers and readers. Therefore, when we try to understand other’s literature, we should proceed from each other’s cultural background and tradition, rather than starting from our point of view or from some intrinsic mode of thinking.