Many of the leading lights among the younger generation of Taiwan anthropologists cut their research teeth on this project. Unfortunately, Chang Kwang-chih became afflicted with Parkinson's disease more than a decade ago. His limbs started to shake, and it became impossible for him to perform fieldwork. Chang deeply regretted that he was unable to examine the Shangqiu site in eastern Henan.
可惜十多年前，張光直證實罹患巴金森氏症，四肢的抖動讓他難以勝任田野挖掘的吃重工作，尤其無法長期實地探勘由他一手推動的、大陸豫東商邱遺址大型計畫，最令張光直有壯志未酬之憾。