“形”与“神”是中国传统美学的两个重要理论范畴。“以形写神”涉及到艺术真实和生活真实的关系、艺术审美评价标准等文艺理论问题。约略追溯“形似”与“神似”这对术语的产生和发展，探讨一下形神之间密不可分的关系，可以对艺术的真实性有较为深入的理解，对艺术的审美评 “Form” and “God” are two important theoretical categories of Chinese traditional aesthetics. “Describing God” involves the real relationship between art and life, art aesthetic evaluation standards and other literary theory issues. The tracing back to the emergence and development of the terms “shape-like” and “god-likeness” slightly discusses the close relationship between the gods and the gods, provides a more in-depth understanding of the authenticity of the arts,