清真词具有词境浑厚、词语浑成、词法缜密的特点，以软媚委婉的语言寄托深沉的情意，是北宋词进一步雅化的结果。明清易代之际，明代词学主情近俗的主张基本被云间、广陵等词派承继，但已经开始追求含蓄雅致的词风，总体上推崇周邦彦词善融情于文、含而不露的特点；而稍晚的阳羡词派，由于反抗清王朝统治的时代背景，要求词发挥“存经存史”的社会作用，因此视周邦彦词为俚俗之作。而随着清廷统治的日益巩固，词学向雅正的诗教传统回归，浙西词派因其符合统治思想的需要而笼罩清代词坛近百年，其论词重形式之醇雅而轻情意之表达，周词因其典丽精工的特点而受到一定的赞扬，但雅正的观念亦有差别，浙派亦有从人品道德方面批评周邦彦之俗。至康乾盛世衰落，常州词派又开始强调词中寄托，而兼以儒家温柔敦厚的诗教传统，以含蓄而深厚有寄托为雅词，因此常州词人多对周邦彦的浑厚词境、顿挫词风予以推崇；常派以外的刘熙载则严格按照儒家道德评价的雅正标准批评周邦彦词的俗荡。而王国维则由于其在“尚雅”传统与西方理论间的徘徊，对周词前后给出迥然相异的评价。清代词学对清真词评价的差异性特征，既由周词多样的艺术特点所致，但更受不同时代下多变的雅俗观念影响。

Qingzhen Ci has the characteristics of deep wording, cohesive words, and meticulous syntax, using soft and euphemistic language to express deep emotions.  It is the result of further refinement of poetry in the Northern Song Dynasty. During the change of dynasties between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the idea of "emotion and vulgarity" in Ming ci criticism was basically inherited by Yunjian, Guangling and other schools, but they also began to pursue subtle and elegant poetry styles. Roughly speaking, they respected Zhou Bangyan's ci for its ability to integrate emotion into writing without revealing. The later Yangxian poetry school, due to the background of resisting the rule of the Qing Dynasty, demanded that ci play a social role of "preserving the classics and history". Therefore, Zhou Bangyan's poetry was regarded as vulgar. As the rule of the Qing Dynasty became increasingly consolidated, poetry returned to the tradition of elegant poetry education. The Zhexi school dominated the ci circle of the Qing Dynasty for nearly a hundred years because it met the needs of ruling ideology. Its theory of poetry emphasized the purity and elegance of form, but downplayed the expression of emotions. Zhou's ci was praised for its classic and exquisite characteristics, but there were differences in the concept of elegance. The Zhexi school also criticized Zhou Bangyan's vulgarity from the perspective of personal morality. After the decline of the prosperous Kangxi-Qianlong era, the Changzhou school began to emphasize ci as a reflection, and combined with the gentle tradition of Confucian poetry education, regarded subtle and profound reflection as elegant ci. Therefore, Changzhou poets highly praised Zhou Bangyan's deep wording and tactful style. However, Liu Xizai, who was not from Changzhou, strictly criticized Zhou Bangyan's ci for its vulgarity according to the standard of Confucian moral evaluation. Wang Guowei gave different evaluations to Zhou's poetry due to his hesitation between "elegance" tradition and Western theories. The distinctive characteristics of Qing Dynasty ci critism in evaluating Qingzhen Ci are not only caused by Zhou's diverse artistic characteristics, but also influenced by changing ideas about elegance and vulgarity in different eras.