This paper intends to inspect the ideological and cultural origine, backgrounds and develoment of the theses on Chinese painting,trying to avoid abstract generalization in an oversimplified way.

• 为了避免简单化的抽象概括，本文试图在较广阔的文化视野中，考察中国古代绘画理论中“士气”说的思想文化背景、主体根源以及它的产生与流变。