Xu Can was an important female poet in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, occupying an important position in the history of female poetry in the Qing Dynasty. Her special life experience not only broadened her life horizons, but also made her She has a wide range of themes in the creation of her poems, so that the content of her poems breaks through the narrow consciousness of female poets and the delicate and trivial feelings limited to daily life. Sadness and wandering feelings have broadened the traditional themes of female poetry creation, with a broad realm and strong social expression. His style is deep, sad and desolate. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, she was a unique figure in the female poetry circle.
Chen Weisong highly praised Xu Can in "The Collection of Women", saying that he was "talented and brilliant, and he wrote excellent short poems in his life. Since the Southern Song Dynasty, only one person has become the most outstanding person in the boudoir. His poems, Di looks at Shu Zhen, and Si has a clear picture." Her poems were either elegant and fresh or sad and desolate, and her talents were brilliant. They opened up the artistic conception of women's poems and had a great influence on women's literature in the Qing Dynasty. The ups and downs of her life experience and the melancholy and elegance of her lyrics made her not only comparable to Yi An and Shuzhen, but also distinguished herself from many female poets of the same era, becoming a poet who could compete with many female poets of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. An outstanding lyricist who competes with male poets.
Zhu Xiaozang said that "his poems are from Yi'an Rendao Yun" ("Qiangcun Yuye")
Zhou Leshan said: "The rest of Xiangping's poems are really worthy of the Northern Song Dynasty." The style is absolutely not frivolous, and its crowning position makes Li Yian the best in this dynasty." ("Women's Excellent Poems")
Chen Tingzhuo, a poet critic of the Qing Dynasty. He highly praised Xu Can, and also said: "The poets who are poets among the ladies are Li Yian and Xu Xiangping."
In Chen Weisong's "Lianli Mountain Tea Song in the Humble Administrator's Garden" there is "Fu Ji New Ci Yi" The two sentences "Broken Heart" and "Three Volumes of Jade Ci in front of the Mirror" allude to the title of Zhu Shuzhen's collection of poems, "Ci of Broken Heart" and the title of Li Qingzhao's collection of poems, "Ci of Washing the Jade", praising Xu Can's artistic level as comparable to that of Zhu and Li.