老庄哲学作为中国传统绘画的思想基础，其博大的精神内涵一直影响着古代绘画的发展。水墨画是传统绘画中具有代表性的艺术样式，以“技”而转为道，靠着修养与悦适，寻求独特的精神境界。传统水墨画始于唐代，成于宋代，后逐步成为中国画的主流，以宋代水墨画为例，分析老庄思想中关于“朴素简淡”“意象”“道法自然” 及“天人合一”等哲学理论在宋代水墨画中的体现，以及对宋代水墨画在画面构成、审美旨趣、笔墨精神与艺术理想上的影响，意在透过水墨画的外在形式，体悟所蕴含的道论哲心。

Taoist philosophy, as the ideological basis of traditional Chinese paintings, has influenced the development of ancient Chinese paintings with its broad spiritual contents. The ink painting is the biggest artistic representative of the traditional Chinese paintings due to the philosophical ideas implied in the painting techniques. Relying on the appropriate cultivation and felicity, the ink painting seeks a unique spiritual realm. The traditional ink painting began in the Tang Dynasty, and gradually became the mainstream of Chinese paintings after its development in the Song Dynasty. Taking the traditional ink painting of the Song Dynasty as an example, this article analyzes the Taoism including its simplicity, image, act of law and heaven-and-man harmony, the screen configuration of the paintings, and the aesthetic perspectives of the paintings, etc. By analyzing these issues, this paper intends to indicate the philosophy employed in the ink paintings.