[1] She was born Zhou Lianquan (Chinese 周莲荃 or 周莲全), but later changed her name to Zhongzheng.
When her demand to attend public school like her brothers and male cousins was denied, she seized the opportunity when her grandfather Zhou Fu died in 1921 in Tianjin, to ran away to Beijing.
After three months negotiation with her parents openly, she returned home after they agreed that she and her sister were allowed to both attend public school and have the freedom to choose their husbands.
She had exhibitions of her paintings in West Germany, France, Italy, Spain and China.
[2] Her first book Kleine Sampan was translated into English, French, Italian and Dutch.