西方的文學理論雖是探討西方文學，但用於中國文學亦有共通之處，尤其是接受美學理論。它探討的是文本與讀者之間的關係，因為一部文學作品的歷史生命需要由讀者來傳遞，這樣才能開創作品連續性的變化與拓展其存在的意義，進而創造文學的新史觀與新里程碑。詩歌是中國文學中最經典的文本與藝術，詩歌作者與讀者往往合而為一，因此讀者的反應在詩歌的表現更為重要。本文主要探討的是在接受美學的視角中，作為讀者的詩人──王粲，其作品對《詩經》的接受。

Aesthetics of reception, used to depict the relationship between the readers and the literary text, is a common feature in both Western and Chinese literature circles. The participation of readers’ responses,which can be seen as the reception, is believed to construct the literary history, and thus further extend the significance and existence of the
literary works and generate evolution of the works. Chanted poetry in
Chinese literature is the most classical of texts and art form. The roles
of authors and readers of classic poetry may merge into a single whole,
which makes the participation of readers’ response more important.From the view of aesthetics, the article is to illustrate the reception of
Shijing found in the poetry works by Wang Can, who was a reader and
a poet himself.