本文以汉语的因果观念的语言表现方式作为观察点 ,对西方当代语言哲学的代表人物维特根斯坦的前后语言哲学观的变化进行了一次检讨 ,认为前期维特根斯坦的语言图象论和后期维特根斯坦的语言游戏说在汉语实践中都能得到实证。维特根斯坦的哲学观念的转变表现出的是一种科学主义和人文主义的对立 ,但就具体的语言实践来看 ,语言图象和语言游戏既具有冲突性 ,也具有共生性 In this paper, the author takes a view of the language expression of Chinese causal concept and makes a review on the changes of Wittgenstein¡¯s view of the philosophy of language before and after. It holds that the early Wittgenstein¡¯s linguistic image theory and later Witt Engelstein’s language games are said to be empirical in Chinese practice. Wittgenstein’s transformation of philosophical concepts shows a contradiction between scientism and humanism. However, in terms of concrete language practice, language images and language games are both conflicting and symbiotic