More and more of the reflected brilliance and vibrancy of Buddhism begins to emerge in Chou's later work. In the collection Rendezvous, he uses ordinary, everyday language to pass on the profound understanding gained through his clear-eyed take on worldly events. "The thoughts driving the poems are no longer Buddhist-style aphorisms, but the clear, sharp images of a comprehensive state of mind."
然而到了後期，禪的空明與活潑慢慢發酵，詩集《約會》中，已處處可見周夢蝶用生活化、平凡的語言，傳達出一種洞觀世事後的徹悟，「詩作的哲思也便不再只是偈語式的警句，而是意象清朗的整個境界。」