Owing to cultural differences, Macartney was not overly impressed with the ju-i, and in his record of the encounter later wrote: "Although the Chinese considered it an extraordinarily precious article, I believe it was not particularly valuable in terms of price."
然而文化不同，對於這件禮物，馬嘎爾尼卻不見得領情，他在《乾隆英使覲見記》中描述著，「雖然華人以此物異常名貴，余則以為就此一物之原價而論，未必值錢。」