According to Xiong Chuanxin, director of the Hunan Provincial Museum, "Mawangdui is the oldest of all the Han sites that have been excavated, and it hasn't been hit by grave robbers. Mawangdui has attracted great interest around the world especially due to the fact that its coffins, the body of the marquise of Dai, the funerary banners, and the silk manuscripts are so well preserved."
「在所有漢代文物的挖掘中，馬王堆不僅時間最早，而且未經盜挖，特別是棺槨和女屍，還有『非衣』和帛書都完整保存，因此引起世界注目」，湖南省博物館館長熊傳薪指出，馬王堆的重要性。