Shen Zhongwen, the late mainland Chinese writer, once noted that in the mainland they view Xu Zhimo as having been somewhat of the perpetual child: "It is always acknowledged that he was supremely talented, but he is ultimately regarded as being a spokesman for the decadent capitalist class, little more than a spoiled dandy."
已過世的大陸作家沈從文曾指出，大陸對徐志摩的觀點，始終是帶點兒意識型態的，「總認為他雖有相當才華，但終究是腐朽的資產階級代言人，一個公子哥兒，如是而已。」