Through repeated copying, Chou Cheng discovered the special nature of the two characters, the horizontalness of 誠 and the verticalness of 實, and accentuated these features. His father praised his work, and despite tight family finances, bought him a pair of shoes as a special reward.
腦筋靈巧的周澄，發現兩個字型一扁一長的特色，便刻意將「誠」字拉平，「實」字寫長，以營造布局趣味，父親看後相當讚賞，特別買皮鞋給他作為獎勵，引發了周澄對書法的興趣。