中国古代思想发端于孔、墨显学的对立,成熟于儒道互补。中国哲学既出世又入世,两极的统一表现就是“内圣外王”。阴阳学说是用关联模式达到了“道”所体悟的境界,它影响中国文化的方方面面,甚至于科学理论。中国画在唐宋就已形成写意水墨与工笔重彩两极。按现代的话说就是抽象型绘画与具象型绘画。中国画的历史就是限于两极间来回摆动的历史,这跟西方绘画先从一极发展到另一极的发展方式大为 Ancient Chinese thought originated in Confucius and Mohist school, and became mature in Confucianism and Taoism. Chinese philosophy has both been born and joined the WTO. The unification of the two poles is “inner and outer king”. The theory of yin and yang uses the mode of association to reach the realm of “Tao”, which affects all aspects of Chinese culture and even scientific theory. Chinese painting in the Tang and Song Dynasties have formed a freehand brushwork and meticulous. In modern terms, it is abstract painting and figurative painting. The history of Chinese painting is limited to the history of swinging back and forth between the two polarities. This is in contrast to the way of developing the western painting from one pole to the other pole