It led to his "Substitute Horses" column. Then, in 1975, a publisher collected a bit more than a year's worth of his columns and published them as Horses and Foot Soldiers. The book's release made the 48-year-old Chang the new guy on the literary scene.
「代馬輸卒」專欄就這樣開張，寫了一年多結集成《代馬輸卒手記》，爾雅出版，那是 1975 年，48 歲的張拓蕪以「文壇新人」之姿登場。