“A sense of movement through spirit consonance”is the core concept of Chinese classical aesthetics. At the beginning of the 20th century,western sinologist and art historians,represented by Herbert Giles and Cahill James,combined the aesthetic experience of Chinese and western painting to interpret this important concept, which meaning has changed significantly.The western translation of the concept of "A sense of movement through spirit consonance”reflects the ever changing eastern ideal in the aesthetics of western scholars, and further affects the understanding of this important concept by modern aesthetes such as TENG Gu and ZONG Baihua. Examining the original meaning of “a sense of movement through spirit consonance”and further sorting out the different translation methods of this concept in western biography is of great benefit to our understanding of the particularity of the concept of art in different cultural transmission, as well as reflecting the different culturalpsychology and aesthetic taste of China and the west,so it's very valuable.