While at NTNU he studied with the chop carving master Wang Chuang-wei. Chou's hands would get so sore with carving that he couldn't hold his chopsticks, but he would still stay up all night without sleeping or eating.
就讀師大時入篆刻大師王壯為的「玉照山房」鑽研，為摹刻《十鐘山房印舉》，常至手指痛麻、甚至無法執筷，但仍然長夜刻印而廢寢忘食。