Xuzhimo created a large number of amatory poems and natural poems, in which he inherited spiritual character and life sentimentalism of traditional poetry directly.

In China, Xu Zhimo is loved not just as a romantic poet: his plain, passionate verse shook up a country grown exhausted and old.

Xu Zhimo's "Farewell Again, Cambridge", marked by its regular rhythm, harmonious melody and its unique rhyming patterns, is among the best of modern Chinese poetry.