World traveler Just as Ming-dynasty calligrapher Dong Qichang advised poets to read and travel widely to expand their horizons, Chou Cheng frequently combined travel and painting.
眼界高遠遊天下除了潛心臨摹古人作品外，誠如明朝書法家董其昌所說，詩人畫家必需讀萬卷書行萬里路，作為擴充學養的助力，所謂腹有詩書氣自華。