Abstract: China ancient traditional relations on poetry and painting had gone through four stages of development: in the first phase, the establishment of equal status in the comparison of the two, poetic painting start sprouting; the second phase, the art concept′ standard uniformed for the “shape”, poetry painting continued to develop, poetry on painting ( generalized) appeared and popular; The third stage, the “Consistent on poetry and painting” appeared and become a sort of common understanding, it opposited the “shape” concept the two had mutual influence and reference; The fourth stage, the “consistent on handwriting and painting” had appeared，the theory on the two′ similarities and differences become more perfect, the relation of the two to the climax. Here is a process of brewing and accumulate on theory and practice, with a clear theory track and historical evolution.