Abstract: The Art form has always been an important theme in the theory of art, since it leads to a discussion concerning the ontological foundation and most significant features of art. “The art form is not merely a form”, “content is a meaningful form”such popular theses are easily suppressed in a dualistic framework. In Laozi’s conception of “the great form without shape” and in an examination of the process of breathing and rhythm, we will find not only the meaning of the art form, but also the very trace of human poetic dwelling as well.