Born in Taicang, Jiangsu, originally from Suzhou, it was the 10th week. His date of birth and death is unknown. Born in the 11th year of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty (1498), he died in the 30th year of Jiajing, Sejong in Ming Dynasty (1552). The existing paintings include Jade Cave Fairy Source Map, Taocun Caotang Map, Jiange Map and Songxi Lun Map. His works were seen in the Ming Dynasty from Zhengde to Jiajing Renzi, and he was one of the four great masters in the Ming Dynasty.

Chou Ying is one of the representative painters of the Ming Dynasty, and he is also called "Ming Sijia" with Shen Zhou, Wen Zhiming and Tang Yin, and "Four Masters of Wumen". Shen, Wen and Tang not only won by painting, but also by poem inscription. As far as painting style is concerned, Tang and autumn are close, and usually only inscriptions are made in paintings. Chou Ying is famous for her "painting of ladies", and Chunxiao in Han Palace is an outstanding representative of Chou Ying's painting of ladies. This painting is beautiful and elegant. The painter uses extremely gorgeous pen and ink to express the daily life of the concubines in the palace with the magnificence of the royal garden, which is very descriptive and expressive. It is not only a masterpiece of Chou Ying's life, but also unique in China's colorful ladies' paintings.

Chou Ying is good at figure painting, especially women. He attached great importance to the description and depiction of historical themes, absorbed the brushwork of Ma and Yuan people in the Southern Song Dynasty, and was strong in brushwork, especially good at copying, drawing yellow paper with pastels and scribbling. As for being rich and rich, it is exquisite and elegant, worthy of the ancients. He is especially good at expressing different objects with different strokes, either smooth or long and good at painting. The figures are accurate in modeling, strong in generalization, beautiful in image and smooth in lines. They are different from the old lettering habits and go straight to the Song Dynasty. They had a great influence on the later ladies' paintings in Youqiu, Yu and Qing Dynasty, and became a model of the beauty of ladies' paintings in the times. Later generations commented on his neat brushwork, delicate description, high spirits, exquisiteness and elegance, which made him outstanding in the Ming Dynasty. Excellent works include Story Map of People, Spring Dawn Map of Han Palace, Service Map, etc.

Besides, Chou Ying is not only good at painting, but also has high attainments in calligraphy. At one time, some calligraphy works were collected in the imperial palace of the Qing Dynasty and hidden in the training hall.