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.