The complete works of Zhou Zuoren's prose (volume 14) (essence) says: the most important achievement of Zhou Zuoren's life is the creation of prose sketches. Since the May 4th Movement, in China's new literature, "the success of essays is almost above novels, operas and poems" (Lu Xun's essay crisis), which is inseparable from Zhou Zuoren's contribution. In the early days of the New Literature Movement, Zhou Zuoren, together with Lu Xun, Xie Bingxin and Zhu Ziqing, watered the early spring flowers of modern vernacular prose with hard work, convincingly declared the victory of literary revolution in the field of prose creation, established the position of prose as a style in the history of modern literature development in China, and had a far-reaching impact on prose creation in later generations.

Zhou Zuoren's historical position in the history of China's modern prose development can't be ignored, which is inseparable from his outstanding artistic achievements. The main achievement of Zhou Zuoren's prose art is that he created a unique and mature prose art style-peaceful and diluted style. This style is unique in China's modern prose garden, and its influence is unique in China's modern prose history. The artistic styles of Zhou Zuoren's prose mainly include: elegant and free-flowing writing, peaceful and tranquil lyrical features, humorous interests of Zhuang and Xu, and free language expression.