Аннотация:The article considers the receptive aesthetics of the image of China in K. Balmontʼs poem “The Great Nothing”. Considerable attention is paid to the poemʼs interpretation. The analysis of K. Balmont reception, identifying the source that prompted the poet to create the poem, is new in this work. Authorʼs reasoning and conclusions are based on critical studies and comparison of two cultures: Slavonic-Russian culture and Chinese culture. The analysis of K. Balmontʼs poetic works is carried out in the semantic aspect using the search of textual parallels, which consists in juxtaposing the poem K. Balmontʼs “The Great Nothing” with other poems by the poet, as well as with poems by other authors. The reception study of the image of China in the K. Balmontʼs poetry allows approaching another aspect of the cultural world view of the Silver Age in Russian Poetry.