It is therefore appropriate that Chang To-wu, a widely respected author who spent half his life in the army, should be born in the year of the dragon.
張拓蕪，生於戊辰年，肖龍。半生的戎馬生涯，並沒有給他帶來榮耀，但在他退役又罹患中風之後，唯一能動彈的右手所寫下的「代馬輸卒手記」，卻使他在文壇上享譽一時。