Zhou Wenju (fl. 942–961), also known as Chou Wen-chu, was a Chinese painter during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (907 - 960). His exact birth and death dates are not known.
Zhou was born in Jurong, and specialized in figure painting. He worked as a painter in attendance at the Painting Academy of the Southern Tang court. It is recorded that Zhou participated in executing a joint work at the banquet held by Emperor Yuanzong of Southern Tang on New Year's Day, 947.[1] A follower of Zhou Fang (Tang dynasty) in the Tang. Quite a few paintings are attributed to him, but none with much evidence.[2] Most works attributed to him are later copies or misatributions. Four scroll monochrome copies before 1140 are a little plausible, one of which is in Metropolitan museum (images in gallery).