Abstract: There are bound to be two gradations implied in the criterion of new poemsthe factual gradation and that of value. Especially on the latter, people may forever be unable to express exactly the criterion of new poems. But people should at least know what factors on earth stipulate the criterion. Just because of the interlock and mutual restraint of these complicated factors, if people really want to establish the criterion, what they may accomplish is simply to involve themselves in the “negotiation” in the community of poetic knowledge, making mutual concessions unconsciously.

Key words: criterion of new poems, factual judgement, judgement of value, interpretation community