Abstract: The research of Charts and Pictures had endured a long and winding road in the history of ancient bibliography.Qi Lve and Zhong Jing Xin Bu initiated the research on Charts and Pictures,respectively.Then, Tu Pu Zhi recorded in Qi Zhi was the first time to integrate theory of Charts and Pictures,which contributes a leading way for building its research. However, there were contradictions exposed between the Charts and Pictures and the recording in text literatures at the same time. Given this, Qi Lu, a biography, removed Tu Pu Zhi. The contents in this book were all classified according to different pictures and the charts were tacked on at the end of Ji Zhuan Lu.Later,the Charts and Pictures in Tong Zhi both co-exist in Yi Wen Lve for its main idea and literature, and take root in Tu Pu Lve in a way of manifestation. Two articles interacting not only reconcile the contradictions between Charts and Pictures and the recording in literatures, but also enrich its meaning, making the Theory of Charts and Pictures formally established. However, the research of Charts and Pictures were split again and set on a different evolutional way after the Southern Song Dynasty.

Key words: charts and pictures;document description;Theory of Charts and Pictures;catalogue