中国画的最高品第是“气韵生动”。谢赫“六法”第一条“气韵生动”,其中的“气”与“韵”本是两个意思。荆浩在《笔法记》中就加以了分剖,说:“一曰气,二曰韵”。“气”字偏重于文学意义,而“韵”字在早年艺术史上多见于中国古代的乐论。“气”在笔墨中体现为笔力的持重或轻灵,同时它也是对画面形象的精神气质的一种概括;而“韵”则表现为笔墨节奏舒缓或紧迫,同时还带有一种类似“味觉”的感性品质。尤其在水墨人物画中,笔墨的“韵”更体现出中国画的精神深度和语言优势,因为水墨人物之韵与真实人物之韵实际上是相互吻合 The highest quality of Chinese painting is “vivid charm.” Sheikh “Six Laws,” the first “vivid”, of which “Qi” and “rhyme” are two meanings. Jing Hao in the “script” in mind to be divided into sections, said: “a tone of gas, said two rhyme.” The word “qi” pays more attention to literary meaning, while the word “rhyme” is more prevalent in ancient Chinese music in early history of art. “Qi” is embodied in the pen and ink as a stroke of force or lightness, and at the same time it is also a generalization of the mental image of the image. The “rhyme” is characterized by a soothing or pressing rhythm of ink and brush with a similar “taste Sensual quality. Especially in the portrait painting of ink and wash, the ”rhyme" of the brush and ink embodies the spiritual depth and linguistic superiority of the Chinese painting because the rhyme of the ink characters and the rhyme of real people actually coincide with each other