"My father's philosophy was very simple," recalls Chang Yu-chan, the wife of Chang Chi-lang's third son, standing by the Chang family grave on this year's anniversary of the incident. "He knew knowledge was strength, and believed that you gave poor people the opportunity to better themselves by providing them with access to education."
一生行醫救人、以民眾福祉為念的張七郎，其受難始末迄今沈冤莫白，但他推動鳳林教育的苦心卻已開花結果。「父親的想法很簡單，他知道知識就是力量，要想讓窮人翻身，就要讓他們多讀書。」