Shejiang Ci is a collection of poems written by Shen Zufen,a modern poetess . The collection was later noted by Cheng Qianfan,her husband . Cheng' s notes mainly reflected his understanding of Shejiang Ci . From a Hermeneutic perspective,it is important to discuss the necessity,possibility,effectiveness,relativity and inevitability of Cheng' s notes .First,the notes were necessary because Shejiang Ci adopted rhetorical strategies such as metaphors and analogy as well as a documentary approach . Second,the notes were possible because Cheng was Shen' s husband,and Cheng also had the favorable social environment to do the work . Third,the notes were effective because Cheng' s approach allowed him to note the metaphorical features of the poems . Fourth,the notes were relative because they were limited to Cheng' s understanding of Shejiang Ci . Last,the notes were inevitable in light of the spirit of academic research . For Cheng,the notes not only revealed the truth in Shejiang Ci,but also inevitably his own experience of the truth of life .