In the study of Chu Ci, interpretations of totems of Chu Clan arewidely divided.This situation is due to the fragmentary citations, subjective and voluntary inferences.

• 楚辞研究中对楚族图腾的探寻矛盾纷纭、莫衷一是，原因在于征引资料的一鳞半爪和推断的主观随意；