Zhou revised many old operas, such as "Xiao He Chases Han Xin in the Moonlight" (), and wrote new plays. His famous performances include "Black Dragon House" (), "Xu Ce Scurries" (), "Four Scholars" (四進士). He also starred in a few film adaptations of his operas, such as "Song Shijie" (宋士傑, adapted from "Four Scholars") and "Murder in the Oratory" (). According to the official "Zhou Xinfang Art Research Centre" in Shanghai, Zhou had performed over 650 titles of Peking Opera in his career. He made changes to traditional Peking Opera to suit the modern tastes of Shanghai audience, and this new style of Peking opera became known as the Shanghai School.