The poems of Chen Shidao (Houshan) received very positive reviews during the Song Dynasty. Honored by Fang Hui during the Yuan Dynasty as one of the Three Masters of the Jiangxi Poetry School, Chen was hailed as one of the best emulators of Du Fu. Song Poetry, especially the style of the Jiangxi School, was belittled during the Ming Dynasty. Chen's poems, being examined through their emulation of Du Fu, received both criticism and praise. Chen was rarely acclaimed during the Qing Dynasty. His poems were denounced as awkward, slow-witted, withered and dull. During the reign of Qianlong, Ji Yun was arguably the only one who occasionally made fair comments on his work. It was not until the early modern period that Chen's style was recognized by the Tong Guang poets as having an important place in the history of Tang and Song poetry. This paper endeavors to explore the history of reception of Chen's poems since the Qing Dynasty, aiming to trace the course of transmission of Chen's poetry in the midst of all the negative reviews. Hopefully this will contribute an important supplementary dimension to the study of Song poetics in the Qing Dynasty.