"Xin""Wu",Existance and Coexistence——the theory of "Yi Hua"

The theoretical basis of Tao's painting thinking was the Yi Hua theory. All along theorists have had plenty of explanations.Some make mystical eyes;some are suspected to play concept.Among these ideas,the most concrete and popularly accepted is the relation between the theory of Yi Hua and the Tao's thinking: one becomes two,two becomes three and three becomes everything on earth.But I think it is not thorough.To us the theoretical base of Yi Hua is the traditional Chinese philosophy.With the philosophical thought,Shi Tao theoretically explained the creation of painting art.It is a deep recognition of the relation of Xin and Wu.The appearance of the Yi Hua theory was not deliberately mystifying in language and painting theory,but was a strong resistance and profound criticism to Shi Gu which was not be changed.Also it was not purely to reiterate and persevere the important status and significance of the Taoism thought in painting,but surmounted the common Confucianism,and surmounted the range of some painters.On the basis of traditional philosophic thinking,it set up a more universal,more profound and more essential cultural base background and theory system for the traditional Chinese painting theory and the literary spirit.