Abstract: Digital humanities have become a hot spot and a trend of academic research in China.Therefore,it is necessary to have an in-depth discussion on the "digital" components of digital humanities.First,"digital" is software,algorithm,technology,tool,infrastructure and research paradigm.While "digital" brings opportunities for humanistic academic research,its technical and ethical dilemmas have also emerged.Second,from digital survival to digital discovery,it not only brings a new mode of thinking and research perspective,but also transforms the carrier and leads to the change of meaning.Third,it has realized the "computational turn" of humanistic academic research from speculative research method to data-driven research paradigm.However,the problem is that "digital" is dominant,which cannot well reflect the humanistic concept,thus it affects the original academic achievements in China.How to break through the "digital dilemma" of digital humanities? It is particularly important to strengthen problem orientation,improve compound literacy,cross-border cooperation and innovation,and promote cultural criticism.

Key words: digital humanities, digital, technical dilemma, data discovery, data driven