But when he began his military service both his parents suddenly fell into ill health and saw many doctors to no avail. In the end they went to a numerologist for help, and were told that Huang Chi-chieh's and his younger brother's names were mutually antagonistic, so he and his brother changed their names.
據黃 ^ _表示，他本名叫黃基杰，一路走來，並無異樣，但當他進入軍中服役時，父母的身體突然變得很差，看了好多醫生都無效，後來向命理大師求救，得到的結果竟是因為「兄弟姓名相剋」所致。