Abstract: generally speaking,dual directions of poetics hermeneutics refer to “to be artistic or to formalize” and “functional theory or existential theory”,namely,“poetry and thought” and “the art of poetry”.The modern transformation of Chinese poetics hermeneutics is a response to the appeal of the present time and history,which entails reevaluating the tradition of Chinese poetics hermeneutics.Starting from and based on the rationality of Chinese classical poetics hermeneutics,we will be able to establish a brand￣new values of the life of Chinese modern poetics,new principles and sense of value for poetics hermeneutics.

Key words: classical poetics hermeneutics, poetry and thought, art of poetry