This study examines how GuKaizhi(顧愷之)’s Qianxiangmiaode(遷想妙得), his core painting theory, was reflected his actual painting creation and criticism. GuKaizhi definitely focused on visualizing to depict complex characters inner feelings and psychological expressions of intricate characters in figure paintings. In order to do these, he had made the expansions of the ‘form(形)’, adding a new form as a symbol, establishing a relationship with a symbolic shape, and symbolizing the shape through the new brushwork. The significance of Qianxiangmiaode has been in the pioneering artistry that seeks to draw the inner nature such as life boundaries and spirituality reveals the personality of the figure.