Chiang Yung-chang, a professor of history at National Chengchih University, says with a sigh that back then you could get more than 100 catties of rice for less than 10 yuan. 5000 yuan was enough to purchase a small Western-style house, and was equivalent to two years 'salary for a professor.
政大歷史系教授蔣永敬感嘆地說，當時一擔米（一百多斤）不到十元大洋，五千元足以買一棟小洋樓、或抵兩年的教授薪資了。