历来多有论禅与画之关系者,如剖析禅的南北宗与画的南北宗之间关系,又如论画与禅均着力表现空灵的境界,等等。自北宋苏轼为王维画题跋以来,将画与诗相提并论者代不乏人,洎乎近世,美学家宗白华有《中国诗画中所表现的空间意识》一文,以空间和境界为观照的重点来比较诗画异同;钱锺书也写有《中国诗与中国画》,广征博引,从文艺批评史的角度来论述诗与画的密切联系,其中花费大量笔墨谈论南北宗与禅宗 Historically, there have been more discussions on the relationship between Zen and painting, such as analyzing the relations between North and South Zongs in Buddhism and the North and South Zongs in the painting, and the ethereal realms in which both the art and the Zen are exerted. Since the Northern Song Dynasty, Su Shi was the subject of Wang Wei’s painting and painting, comparing the painting with poetry with no shortage of people in the modern era, the aestheticist Zong Baihua has a paper entitled “Space Consciousness in Chinese Poetry and Painting” Focusing on the similarities and differences between poetry and painting; Qian Zhongshu also wrote “Chinese Poetry and Chinese Paintings” and extensively cited the history of literature and art from the perspective of poetry and painting to discuss the close contact, which spent a lot of ink to talk about the North and South Zong and Zen