Under Japanese rule, Lu had hired some masters from the mainland to teach night classes in calligraphy, painting, martial arts, and Peking Opera. Chou's father had Chou go to recite classical Chinese poetry with Kang Yan-chuan, and to study calligraphy.
早從日治時期，盧讚祥就從大陸福建聘請一批學者來台任職，這些學者利用晚間教導民眾書畫、武術、平劇，而父親便要求周澄放學後到書畫會裡，跟隨康灩泉先生以閩南語學讀《千家詩》、漢詩並學習書法。