In 1951, the 26-year-old Chung successfully submitted an essay entitled "My Other Half" to Forum, a monthly publication, after the magazine had called for contributed articles. "The author is a Taiwanese youth who has only been studying Chinese for a few years. His level of achievement is rare indeed," wrote the editor in the preface.
1951 年，鍾肇政 26 歲，參加「自由談」月刊《我的另一半》徵文，獲得錄取，編者在簡介中指出：「作者是本省青年，學習中文未幾年，已有此成績，殊屬難能。」