At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the immortal was a business student in Bianjing, and wrote an essay "Bianjing Fu", which described the grand occasion of Bianjing at that time, praised the new law, was appreciated, and was promoted to the business school. After more than ten years, he wandered abroad, worked as a professor in Luzhou (now Hefei, Anhui) and a county magistrate in Lishui (now Jiangsu). Three years later (1096), the philosopher Zhao Xu returned to Bianjing as the chief bookkeeper and proofreader of imperial academy. Zhao Jishi of Hui Zong promoted the Loud Department (the highest musical organ) and was responsible for writing songs and lyrics for the imperial court. Also transferred to Shunchang House, Chuzhou and other places. Later he died in Nanjing (now south of Shangqiu, Henan).
Zhou Bangyan was proficient in temperament and created many new tones. Most of his works are based on boudoir love and travel, and there are also works of chanting things. The meter is rigorous, the language is beautiful and elegant, and the long tune is especially good at narration. Later, it was accepted by metrical poets. His works have always been regarded as "original works" by graceful poets. In the old ci theory, he was called "the crown of poets" or "the old Du in ci", and was recognized as a poet with negative pronouns, which had a great influence in the Song Dynasty. There is a collection of Muslim laity, which has been lost, and now there is a collection of Pian Yu.
Although Zhou Bangyan's Ci did not provide more new things in subject matter and emotional connotation, it was another master of Ci in the Northern Song Dynasty in terms of artistic forms and techniques, which provided many experiences for later generations. Therefore, after the Southern Song Dynasty, Jiang Kui, Zhang Yan, Zhou Mi, Wu Wenying and others all spoke highly of Zhou Bangyan, and some even called him "the only one who has a happy life in two hundred years" (Chen Yu's argot). Until the Qing Dynasty, Changzhou Ci School still regarded him as the "master" of Ci, and thought that the highest realm of learning Ci was to achieve his "muddy" (Preface to Zhouji Ci). Even Wang Guowei, a modern scholar, compared Zhou Bangyan to "Lao Du in Ci" (the last work of Mr. Halal). It can be seen that Zhou Bangyan has made outstanding contributions and far-reaching influence on the artistic form and language skills of Ci.