本文将提出三个问题。这三个问题都不是什么新问题:其一,齐白石并非生于文人之家,本人也从来不是什么文人,然而,他几乎终其一生按照由文人创造且发扬光大的方式作画,这是为何?其二,如何解释他艺术生涯中那种显而易见的视觉直接性?其三,如何解释这位艺术家生前身后的巨大声望与影响力?迄今为止,对于这些熟悉的问题,我们的考察或许过于狭隘了。 This article will raise three questions. These three issues are not new issues. First, Qi Baishi was not born in a literati’s home. He himself was never a literary man. However, he almost painstakingly spent the rest of his life creating and promoting it in a literary manner. Why? Second, how can we explain the obvious visual immediacy in his artistic career? Third, how can we explain the great prestige and influence of this artist after his death? So far, we may have too narrowly examined these familiar issues.