The homology of calligraphy and painting is a calligraphy and painting term in China.
China's paintings are closely related to China's calligraphy, and their emergence and development complement each other. In the history of painting, based on the so-called "He Tu Luo Shu" of the pre-Qin philosophers, Zhang Yanyuan said in the Tang Dynasty's "Records of Famous Paintings in Past Dynasties: The Origin of Painting" that "you have four eyes, looking up at the image.
Advantages and disadvantages of painting and calligraphy homology;
Its disadvantage lies in blindly emphasizing the same method of painting and calligraphy and blindly pursuing the interest of pen and ink, which is easy to make painting art go to a dead end divorced from life and reality.
Moreover, if we regard learning calligraphy and painting as the same method, we will inevitably follow the method of copying. Guo once pointed out: "Learning painting is tantamount to learning books, and those who take Wang Zhong as a book will do it for a long time."
It can be seen that learning calligraphy begins with copying, eclecticism, extensive discussion, extensive examination, and then getting married.
But if painting takes this road, the result will be counterproductive, which will suffocate painting and make it lifeless.
Therefore, as far as Zhao Mengfu's leading position in the art world at that time is concerned, it is undeniable that his theory of "painting and calligraphy are the same" has had a negative impact on later generations.