In Wen Xin Diao Long, Liu Xie made both praises and criticisms to Sima Xiangru's works and characters, but in general, the majority is good. Liu Xie affirmed Sima Xiangru's literary status from the perspective of literary history, and evaluate Sima Xiangru's prose consciously and clearly from a literary point of view, which shows his optimistic attitude and excellent literary artistic vision.