The fifth of the five big clans was the Chen family of Kaohsiung. Chen Chung-ho, the founder of the family business, was born into a very poor family. As a young man, he went to work as an accountant in the firm of Chen Fu-chien, one of the main players in the sugar industry in southern Taiwan at that time.
第五是高雄陳家，開創事業的陳中和出身寒微，少年時代到台灣南部糖業鉅子陳福謙商行當夥計，因商業才幹而受到重用。