《文心雕龙·辨骚》
由此，我们可以了解到，《楚辞》效法古代圣贤的佳作，同时掺杂了战国时期的文学风气。与《诗经》相比可能略差，但与后世作品相比要好得多。
固知《楚辞》者，体宪于三代，而风杂于战国，乃《雅》、《颂》之博徒，而词赋之英杰也。
From this perspective, we can understand that Elegies of Chu imitated the excellent works of ancient sages while also blending it with the literary style of the Warring States period. In terms of quality, it may be slightly inferior to the Book of Songs but is much better than later works.