As an advocator of persuading beneficence books movement, his thought not only affected similar books , compilation and spreading in the Qing Dynasty, but also directed the following enterprise of charity in the South of Yangtze River.

• 作为善举运动的倡导者,袁黄的思想不仅对有清一代善书的编纂、流传发生了重要影响,而且对明末以后江南地区的民间慈善事业起到了思想指导作用。