Chang Hsing-chien was a member of the Literary Alliance, and introduced Chen to Taiwan's literary world. Chang would say, "We want to create a new literature to pass on the cultural resources of this land to later generations."
張星建是「文藝聯盟」的成員，他向陳千武介紹台灣文壇，並表示：「我們要創造新文藝，把屬於這塊土地的文化資產留給後代。」