在元代后期的诗文作家中，杨维桢是一位在当时和后世毁誉不一的人物。但在竹枝词的发展史上，他却是一位有创造性的作家。他的竹枝词创作在题材、表现手法等方面都有所发展和创新，提高了竹枝词的文学地位，扩大了竹枝词的影响 Among the poetic writers in the late Yuan Dynasty, Yang Weizhen was a man of great credit at that time and later. However, in the history of Zhuzhici, he is a creative writer. His writing of Zhuzhici has been developed and innovated in the aspects of theme, expression technique and so on, raising the literary status of Zhuzhici and expanding the influence of Zhuzhici