There was no fixed ranking for the top ten contemporary Chinese essayists because it was a subjective question. Different people might have different answers. However, the following are some famous contemporary Chinese essayists whose works are widely read and praised: 1 Zhou Guoping 2 Zhu Ziqing 3 Ice Heart Lao She 5 Ba Jin Lu Xun Shen Congwen 8 Ding Ling Qin Mu Zhu Guangqian The works of these essayists have different styles, but they all pay attention to the artistic and intellectual nature of the prose, which has a great influence on the development of Chinese prose.