对于意象造型产生根源及产生方法的研究可称之为意象造型发生学。这种专门研究不但在中国古典画论中模糊不清,今天仍旧是理论上的盲点。对于这一理论区域如不锐意建设,意象造型的一切理论建构无异空中楼阁。我们曾提出过中国画意象造型起源于“悟对 The research on the origin and method of image creation can be called image formation theory. This kind of special study is not only vague in the classical Chinese painting theory, it is still the theoretical blind spot today. For all the theoretical constructions of this theoretical area, such as no sharp-edged construction and imagery modeling, it is no different from the others. We have proposed that the shape of Chinese painting originated in “enlightenment.”