本文以美国德裔图像学家潘诺夫斯基所阐发的释读历史画的三个基本步骤为框架,探讨关于中国艺术史文献中古代叙事画释读的方法论问题。本文试图运用近年来在认知科学和语用学中发展的“关联理论”所提出的“明示—推理”交际模式来质疑陈旧的“编码—解码”交际模式,在讨论读画实例过程中彰显运用图像产生原境中信息进行合理推理在图像释读中的关键作用,进而提出一个新的释读古代叙事画的基本框架。源远流长的人物故事画是当代影视艺术的先声。华夏、希腊、印度等各大古文明都 This article, based on the three basic steps of interpretation of historical paintings illustrated by the American-German image scientist Panovsky, explores the methodology of the interpretation of ancient narrative paintings in Chinese art history literature. This dissertation attempts to question the old “Encoding-Decoding” communication mode by using the “explicit-reasoning” communication mode proposed by “Relevance Theory ” developed in cognitive science and pragmatics in recent years. During the process of reading and painting examples, the key role of using reasonably inference of image creation in the original territory to interpret images was demonstrated, and a new interpretation of the basic framework of ancient narrative painting was put forward. The long history of people’s story painting is the forerunner of contemporary film and television art. Huaxia, Greece, India and other major ancient civilizations