A force for native literature As he wrote The Taiwanese, Chung also joined Wu Chuo-liu in editing Taiwan Literature and Art, fostering native literature and its writers. He also began editing the literary pages of The Commons Daily.
鄉土文學推手《台灣人三部曲》書寫期間，鍾肇政同時還負責編輯吳濁流所創辦的「台灣文藝」月刊，鼓勵鄉土書寫，攏聚了本土文學作家的本土意識；未久，他兼任「民眾日報」副刊主任，為台灣文學開闢嶄新的園地。