In that frenzied atmosphere, Chang mortgaged two of his most precious possessions--a pair of paintings by Ku Hung-chung of the Five Dynasties period and Tung Yuan of the Sung dynasty--to a bank for 50,000 Hong Kong dollars and moved with his family to South America in 1952.
大千居士就在這種倉皇的氣氛下，以手中的兩件稀世珍藏﹘﹘五代顧閎中所繪的「韓熙載夜宴圖」與宋朝董源的「瀟湘圖」，押給香港大新銀行，換得了五萬港幣，於民國四十一年舉家遷往南美。