Reception aesthetics emphasizes the role of the receiver in the reception activities. From the perspective of reception aesthetics, tragic text is not the ultimate factor of its tragic artistic value. The generation of text value must be realized in the dialogue with the receiver, and the receiver must participate in the construction process of the value of tragic text.The famous writer Ba Jin's "Home" contains rich aesthetic implication both in its desolate tone and sad ending.From the perspective of reception aesthetics, and in the two aspects of the creator and the recipient 。From the perspective of reception aesthetics, this paper focuses on the tragic image in the novel from the perspective of expectation, aesthetic experience and calling structure, so as to understand the whole process of the value generation of the work。