吳淇的聽覺闡發涵蓋「聽覺媒介下樂、情的相和分析」、「聽覺與身體感知」。前者包含人文與自然之音，吳論人文樂音偏重「哀而傷者」，於繼承傳統樂（詩）教中展現對悲怨情懷更大的包容；特別留心古詩的音樂層面，保留詩歌較原始的聽覺成分。自然之音的闡發則可見吳留意政治倫理之際，似乎更費心於詩人私領域之情思。第二大部分「聽覺與身體感知」，在「環境氛圍中的聽覺感受」裡，吳淇觸及風所形成之氛圍對音響暨情思的加乘作用；「聽覺與其他諸覺之關連」則將重心擺在聽覺於感官中的關鍵性地位，或聽覺引發其他感官之感受。吳對聽覺與情思之融合闡說，或釐清或強化原詩中不那麼明確之聲情關係，藉由聽覺的闡釋將情思具體化，展現異於前代詩評家之視野；於此同時，也對六朝詩歌有深入闡發，並具體表明對部分古典詩學議題的看法，此俱吳評價值之所在。

Wu Qi's hearing explanation in Liuchao xuanshi dinglun（六朝選詩定論）contains two parts: ＂the analysis of the relationship between sounds and emotions in audio media＂ and ＂the sense of hearing and other body senses＂. The former part includes human voices and natural sounds. For human voices, Wu Qi's discussions on human voices tend to focus on sad tones and affections, which provided a comprehensive view of sad experience when passing down from the classical poetry enlightenment. In particular, he emphasized the musical aspect and the audio components in ancient poetry. As a result, we see the explicit tendency of Wu Qi to express feelings with music. For natural sounds, we infer from his discussions on natural sounds that he expressed more concerns about individual feelings than political ethics. The second part ＂the sense of hearing and body senses＂ can be divided into two categories: ＂the hearing feelings caused by atmosphere＂ and ＂the association of the sense of hearing and other body senses＂. In the first category, Wu Qi addressed the atmosphere which formed by wind multiplies sense of hearing and feelings. In the second category, he put emphasis on the key role of hearing among the five senses and the sensation caused by hearing. Wu Qi integrated the sense of hearing with thinking and feeling, and clarified （or strengthened） the uncertain relationship between sounds and emotions residing in poems. The feelings would be concrete by Wu’s interpretation of hearing. All of these provide a view significantly different from previous researchers. Furthermore, he also thoroughly analyzed the Six Dynasties poetry from the hearing aspect, and concretely expressed his opinion on some issues in classical poetry. The above points demonstrate the value of Wu Qi’s poetry review.