Chang was just 17 when his unit passed through Nanjing, and hadn't yet acquired the name "To-wu." In fact, he didn't come to be known as To-wu until after arriving in Taiwan. Taiwan was, unexpectedly, to become his new home, a place where the twists and turns of his fate would play out and he would shed innumerable tears.
那年經過南京城的張拓蕪 17 歲，也不叫「拓蕪」，這個名字是來到台灣以後才取的──「到此一遊」的台灣竟然成了他新生的根，一塊承接他生命轉折與無盡淚水的土地。