Gaining a moniker As well as studying fine art, to help him understand Chiang's list of books Chou also audited night classes in NTNU's Chinese department. Recalling this today, Chou says that literature and history have the same meaning as art-that what he took from books in those years can be found in the paintings he creates today, and that books and paintings have similar structures.
蓴波映澄當時為了領略、熟讀江兆申所開的書單，周澄在師大美術系課餘還到中文系夜間部旁聽，如今回想起來，文史藝術的涵養本是一體，當時所讀的書如今都能與書畫結合，尤其共通點在於架構。