Abstract: It is generally believed that the establishment of the classic status of Nineteen Ancient Poems started from The Selected Works.Since the emergence of the anonymous “ancient poetry” in the late Han Dynasty, its canonization process has gradually begun.The imitation poems by poets in the Six Dynasties fully reflect the highly enthusiastic acceptance of later generations, and also highlight their unshakable classic status from the side.In the process of successive simulations, the authors with diverse identities showed their wide participation.The imitation poems of the gentry class represented by LU Ji made a preliminary “construction” of its classical status.The imitation poems of the humble scholars such as TAO Yuanming, BAO Zhao deconstructed and derived the classics advocated by the gentry class.The integration of the gentry class and ordinary people in the Qi and Liang period led to the reconstruction and the production of group works.The classic journey of Nineteen Ancient Poems is a complex cycle of “construction-deconstruction-reconstruction”.The status of classics is constantly changing, and it is the product of the differentiation and adjustment of scholars as well as the game of many social and cultural forces.It should be of typical significance to explore the canonization of Nineteen Ancient Poem from the perspective of the imitation poems by the medieval scholars.

Key words: Nineteen Ancient Poems, imitation poems, canonization, Shipin, The Selected Works