Qu Yuan's greatest artistic achievement and influence is that, after the Book of Songs, he opened up another far-reaching tradition for China literature with positive romanticism, thus enriching the artistic expression forms of China literature.
The Book of Songs and Lisao are two towering peaks in the history of China literature. However, The Book of Songs is more of a model for future generations to learn from the style of folk songs and realistic techniques, while Qu Yuan's works of Chu Ci are more of bold fantasy and imagination, magnificent literary talent and exaggerated techniques, that is, the romantic technique of "wearing a poet's coat". After Qu Yuan's works of Chu Ci appeared, "style" and "elegance" became the highest standards of China's ancient poetry. As the beginning of China's romanticism, Qu Yuan's works are of special significance to the development of China's ancient poetry.