After graduating from junior high school, Hung Wen-ting start working as a cook under his uncle, but never lost interest in lion dancing and martial arts. At a temple fair he met Chang Ke-chih, a master of the Southern Shaolin style, who accepted him as a disciple.
國中畢業後，為了謀生，洪文定隨舅舅學廚藝，但對獅陣、武術未曾忘情。在一次廟會中認識南少林派師父張克治，便拜入其門下習武。