In 1967, Chung began work on another trilogy that he titled after its first novel, called simply The Taiwanese. The Taiwan Tribune intended to publish the works in serialized form in its literary pages, but an advance copy was seized by the authorities, who objected to its provocative title. Publication was delayed for two weeks.
1967 年，鍾肇政著手另一個三部曲的書寫，首部曲他就直接命名為《台灣人》，原先是「公論報」復刊的首篇連載，然而在試版時，就因為「台灣人」這三個字遭警總查辦，原稿被扣，公論報更因此延後半個月才發行。