《文心雕龙·辨骚》
但是班固却认为：屈原展露才华，怀着怨恨而投水自杀；他在作品中讲到后羿、过浇、二姚的故事，与《左传》中的有关记载不符合；讲到昆仑和悬圃，在儒家经典中没有记载。
班固以为： 露才扬己，忿怼沉江。羿浇二姚，与左氏不合；昆仑悬圃，非《经》义所载。
However, according to Ban Gu: Qu Yuan only showed his talent, and killed himself by drowning because of the hostility; his works talk about the story of Hou Yi, Guo Qao and the two Yaos, which contradicts the related records in Zuozhuan; his works mention Kunlun and Xuanpu, which are not mentioned in Confucian classics.