Chang's family had nine mouths to feed, including Chang, his parents, three older sisters, two younger brothers, and a younger sister. He remembers his mother exhorting everyone in Taiwanese to "Eat everything on your plates or you'll marry a girl with a pock-marked face."
少年張文毅生在 9 口之家，上有 3 個姊姊，下有 2 弟 1 妹，他永遠無法忘記每餐飯前母親用台語叮嚀：「扒乎清去，才 u 娶貓某」（意思是：飯菜吃乾淨，才不會娶到麻臉婆）。