Chou continues to live alone today, and remains as poor as ever, with only enough for room and board and no family property. In fact, when he won a Central Daily News award for literary achievements several years ago, he donated the entire NT $ 100,000 prize to the Tzu Chi Foundation, much to the dismay of friends in the literary community.
至今，周公還是一個人，依舊兩袖清風，只夠溫飽，也沒多餘家當，倒是數年前得到「中央日報」文學成就獎的第二天，就把 10 萬元獎金捐給了慈濟，惹得文壇老友跳腳大嘆。