Married, and father to four small children, the young artist found work as a junior high school teacher in Keelung. Working days, Chiang kept his interest in art alive by studying late into the night.
對每月薪水三百七，還不夠為四個孩子買奶粉的江兆申而言，雖心嚮往之，卻只能望門興嘆。