The themes of Zhu Ziqing's prose are mainly expressed in five aspects: first, expressing one's ambitions; second, recording travels; third, expressing one's emotions; fourth, understanding the world; fifth, criticizing Disadvantages of the times.
First of all, expressive prose. Expressive prose plays an important role in Zhu Ziqing's prose creation. This type of prose reflects his philosophy of life and value choices.
Secondly, travel prose about sightseeing. The collections of essays such as "Traces", "Miscellaneous Notes on European Travel" and "Miscellaneous Notes on London" contain many famous prose essays about sightseeing and sightseeing. Zhu Ziqing's travel prose notes both the description and display of natural and human geography. For example, "The Qinhuai River in the Sound of Oars and Shadows of Lights", "Green", "Songtang Travel Notes", "Summer in Yangzhou", "Mengzi Miscellaneous Notes", etc., closely integrate the description of natural scenery and the depiction of human landscape.
The third is lyrical prose. Zhu Ziqing's lyrical prose in which he misses his family and friends includes "To the Dead Wife", "Children", "Mourning for the Three Lords of Weijie", "Remembering the Lord Wei and Huaiqing", "The Ye Shengtao I Saw", etc. The impromptu lyrical prose includes "Hurry", "Spring", "Singing", "Moonlight over the Lotus Pond", "Choose a Mate", "Fly" and so on.
Fourth, essays on enlightenment and enlightenment. Zhu Ziqing is also a modern writer and educator who constantly thinks about real life. He often shares his life insights and experiences with readers. The life insights he writes are solid but not mysterious, real but not artificial. He often tries his best to show the readers the precious mysteries of life he has realized through the discourse platform built by language and words. For example, many chapters in his collection of essays "Chinese Shadows and Others" recount many experiences and insights in life. "Talking about Smoking", "Speaking", "Silence", "Sultry", "Justice", "On Oneself", "On Others", "On Sincerity", "On Things" and so on.
Fifth, prose criticizing current ills. Zhu Ziqing is a relatively peaceful person in character. He often tried to stay away from current affairs and politics, but the current situation sometimes forced peaceful people to write "impetuous and sharp" articles. In these articles, Zhu Ziqing expressed the conscience that a Chinese intellectual should have. Those that criticize current affairs include "A Tribute to the Three Lords of Weijie", "The Massacre of the Ruling Government", "The Task of Intellectuals Today", etc.; those that criticize backward social phenomena include "The Price of Life - Seventy Cents", "Civilization on the Ship", " "White People—The Proud Sons of God", "Ahe", etc.
Those that reveal the potential problems and lurking crises in society include "On Dissatisfaction with the Current Situation" and "On Looking at the Present" etc.