In that time of material shortages, Chang Ching-cheng was certainly what might be called a "luckless" person. Born in 1922, he inherited the family debts at the age of 14 when his father died.
在那個物質匱乏的時代，張清城自己也是所謂的「苦命兒」。民國十一年出生的張清城，十四歲喪父時，繼承的是家中債務。