Li Bai: Qu Ping's Ci hangs the sun and the moon.
Su Shi: If the article can't reach the end, it will be pushed.
Xunzi: It's hard for a gentleman to do something inexpensive, just say it's not expensive, so as to gain fame by taking an examination. Therefore, it is difficult to throw negative stones into the river, but Shen Tudi can do it. However, a gentleman is neither expensive nor elegant.
The evaluation of Qu Yuan by later generations;
Liu An said that Li Sao is as long as Guo Feng and Xiao Ya, which embodies Qu Yuan's personality style of "transcending floating dust" and can "win glory with the sun and the moon". Later, Sima Qian wrote a biography for Qu Yuan, which not only recorded these epigrams of Liu An, but also compared Li Sao with Chunqiu edited by Confucius. He called the former "reserved words, clean ambitions and cheap actions ...",
Ban Gu's comments on Qu Yuan's Ci and Fu are a genre of Ci and Fu. Later generations have to consider its heroism, just like its emptiness. Comment on Qu Yuan is not a wise man, but it is brilliant. He pointed out that Qu Yuan and Li Sao can "win glory with the sun and the moon" and "the theory of thinking seems too true". Ban Gu's outlook on life is "all life avoids harm and does not suffer from human beings". He thinks that Qu Yuan should be as elegant as the so-called "to preserve our sanity" in the poem. He commented that Qu Yuan should not "show his talent, praise his talent, blame him for cherishing the king, blame him for his pepper orchid, worry about his god and think hard, strengthen himself and blame him for dying in the river". He also disagreed with Qu Yuan's integration of a large number of myths and legends in his works, and thought that the nothingness of Kunlun, ghost marriage and Fu Fei were all illegal and just.
Wang Yi: Loyal, clean, straight as a rock, ruddy complexion; I don't hide my plan, but I don't care about my life. This trip is sincere and beautiful, and so is Toshihiko's English.
Liu Xie's Wen Xin Diao Long summed up Wang Yi's point of view and wrote a chapter to distinguish Sao, which not only proved that Qu Yuan's works were different from Feng and Ya in four aspects, but also similar to the classics in four aspects.
Hong Xingzu is another famous scholar who proofreads The Songs of the South after Wang Yi. He has won many excellent works, consulted similarities and differences, and made a book "Supplementary Notes on Chu Ci". Hong was very dissatisfied with Yan Zhitui's statement that "scholars have been frivolous since ancient times, and Qu Yuan showed his talents and showed his hegemony". He refuted the cloud from Confucian ethics: "Qu Yuan and Chu share the same surname. The same surname is also boring. " Confucius advocated "giving life in times of crisis". Therefore, Hong defended Qu Yuan's self-sinking, saying: "The same surname is both benevolent and righteous, but he can not die?" Then, why didn't Qu Yuan leave Chu? Hong believes that this is because "there is no one in Chu, and if you go to the country, Chu will die." Therefore, he said: "Although Qu Yuan was exiled, he lingered on and did not go to Chu, indicating that he could not strive to remonstrate when he was alive, and he still hoped for his feelings when he died." (Press: refers to the King of Chu who changed careers after enlightenment) It can also be seen that Qu Yuan "died even though he died".
Zhu spoke highly of The Book of Songs and Songs of the South. His Collection of Notes on Chu Ci is also comparable to his Biography of Poetry. In Zhu Zhu's note Li Sao, "the servant is more sad than Ma Huaixi, and can't do it." This is Qu Yuan's "going up and down on this trip, and he will return to Chu Yan; Those who are also benevolent will be exhausted. " This understanding of Qu Yuan's thoughts and feelings and his attachment to Chu can be described as a deeper level.
Liang Qichao first recommended Qu Yuan as "the ancestor of China writers".
Lu Xun's Outline of the History of China Literature: Compared with poetry, it is very long, fantastic in thought, beautiful in writing, clear in purpose and irregular in attitude ... Its influence on later articles even exceeds 300.
Guo Moruo commented that Qu Yuan was a "great patriotic poet", a shining star in the era of bright stars, and "especially a colorful first-class star" [6].
Wen Yiduo commented that Qu Yuan was "the only person with sufficient conditions to be called a people's poet in the history of China".
Mao Zedong said: "Qu Yuan's name is more sacred to us. He is not only a talented singer in ancient times, but also a great patriot, selfless, fearless, brave and noble. His image remains in the mind of everyone in China. No matter at home or abroad, Qu Yuan is an immortal image. We are witnesses to his longevity. "
Gong Pengcheng, the author of The History of China Literature, commented that Qu Yuan was "the first great patriotic poet in the history of China".
Hu Qiaomu, editor-in-chief of Encyclopedia of China: Literature, rated Qu Yuan as "the founder of romantic literature in China".