《剑桥中国隋唐史》如此评价隋炀帝:“儒家修史者对炀帝道义上的评价的确是苛刻的,因为他们把他描写成令人生畏的典型的‘末代昏君’。在民间传说、戏剧和故事中,他的形象被作者和观众随心所欲的狂想大大地歪曲了。”历史上的杨广确实被极端妖魔化了,不仅弑父篡位,夺嫡杀兄,奸母诛弟,甚至“罄南山之竹,书罪无穷;决东海之波,流恶难尽”。 The Cambridge History of China Sui and Tang commented on Emperor Sui Xuan: “The Confucian historian’s assessment of the emperor’s morality is indeed harsh because they portray him as a daunting typical ’faint man of the last generation.’ In folklore, Drama and story, his image is greatly distorted by the author and the fanatic fantasies of the audience. ”“ The history of Yang Guang was indeed demonized by an extreme. Not only the father and the father were usurped, the brother and brother were killed, ”Out of Nanshan bamboo, book endless sin; the waves of the East China Sea, the flow of evil do ".