He studied at the Department of Shipping and Transportation Management at the National Maritime College (now National Taiwan Ocean University). After graduating, Chang, who learned to loathe the capitalist idea that money is everything, decided to pursue advanced studies in the United States.
海洋學院（現海洋大學）航運管理系畢業後，痛恨資本主義「唯金錢是尚」的張文毅決定跨海到美國社會闖蕩。