Modern scholar Liang Qichao first recommended Qu Yuan as "the ancestor of China writers". Guo Moruo commented that Qu Yuan was a "great patriotic poet" and a shining star in the "era of bright stars", "especially the first-class star, colorful". 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".

The history of China literature evaluated Qu Yuan as "the first great patriotic poet in China".

The Encyclopedia of China Literature named Qu Yuan as the founder of romantic literature in China.

Lu Xun once compared it with the ancient "300 poems" in the Outline of the History of China Literature, and evaluated its characteristics and contributions: "Compared with" Poems ",its words are very long, its ideas are strange, its text is beautiful, its purpose is clear, and its influence on later articles is more than 300."