The paper aims to examine the essays of some modern Western scholars regarding their viewpoints on Chinese "Qin Tao" (Way of the Chinese Guqin). The author puts forward the works of four representative scholars as examples: Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (a French missionary, 1718-1793), George Tradescant Lay (an English missionary, 1800-1845), Hermann Smith (an English musicologist, 1812-1910) and Robert Hans van Gulik (a Dutch sinologist, 1910-1967). Through an examination and interpretation of their essays, the author will find the strengths and weaknesses of these Western scholars' approaches to the Chinese "Qin Tao" and their analysis of its meaning. By way of contrast, the author will reveal the differences in understanding between Chinese and Westerners on the "Qin Tao", in order to show its unique characteristics and value.