Some reporters who once visited from Hong Kong were so awed by Chang and his life of hardship (he lives off potatoes that he grows on a small plot nearby) that they sent several hundred Yuan to help him get by.
香港的記者們敬佩他吃得苦中苦（靠一點土地種馬鈴薯維生），曾匯過幾百元支持他，可是他捨不得動用分文。