After graduating in 1975, Sung was assigned to Fusing Junior High School in Changhua. Out in the working world and becoming aware of the poverty of rural villages, his writing turned from his inner world to the changes taking place in society.
1975 年畢業後，宋澤萊被派往彰化福興國中任教，從校園走入社會，他逐漸意識到農村的貧窮困頓，文學觸角也從封閉的內心世界拓展到社會變遷。