Abstract: Rao zongyi, a great scholar of the generation, was not only academic but also skillful. He was good at poetry, music, calligraphy and painting. In the expression of his artistic views, there were implicit and rational artistic appeals and artistic ideals. In his artistic creation, there was a common artistic spirit. He believed that “harmony” was the core idea of Chinese art, and “Taihe” was the ultimate state of artistic mind. The artistic concept of “harmony” guided his pursuit of harmony, the way to harmony and the realm of harmony in his artistic creation, and became the intrinsic reason of his artistic works.

Key words: Rao ZongYi, the artistic mind, the realm of Taihe