When Chang was six years old, his grandfather, who owned an oil shop, sent him to school to learn to read. Chang was to have only six years of schooling in his entire life. His first textbook was the traditional primer Youxue Qionglin, the lessons of which he still finds useful today.
背負期許的張時雄 6 歲就被開油坊的祖父送到學堂認字讀書，一直到 12 歲，他這輩子僅有的學生生活也就只有這 6 年，當時的啟蒙書《幼學瓊林》如今卻依然受用。