“有法无法”,这是中国传统绘画中的重要理论和创作思想。笔者认为这一理论同样可以指导盆景艺术创作。在创作中,我们要接受前人的创作思想和创作方法,但不能成为束缚今人的戒律,还需大胆创新。但在初学阶段,必须从“有法”入手,好比学国画从临摹入手一样,掌握前人创作中总结出的有用理论和技法,要兼收并蓄,广泛吸取传统各派的长处,补自己的短处,逐步从“有法”变成“无法”,创造自己特有的艺术风格。笔者在一盆榆树桩景制作中, “There is no law,” which is an important theory and creative thinking in Chinese traditional painting. I think this theory can also guide the bonsai art creation. In the process of creation, we must accept the creative thinking and creative methods of our predecessors, but we can not become a precept and bound to innovate. However, in the beginner stage, we must start from “having the law,” just as learning traditional Chinese painting starts with copying and master the useful theories and techniques summarized in our predecessors’ creation. We should absorb the strengths of all the traditional factions and make up our own shortcomings, Gradually from “law” to “no”, to create their own unique artistic style. In a pot of elm piles produced in the King,