Education a road to betterment Taiwan was rocked by the February 28 Incident just one year after the school opened. Chang Chi-lang, a healer of the sick and public benefactor, was arrested and killed along with his sons Chang Tsung-jen and Chang Kuo-jen. The exact circumstances of their tragic deaths have never been fully revealed. Fenglin has nonetheless continued to benefit greatly from his efforts to promote education.
教育是翻身的機會鳳中成立次年，震驚全台的「228 事件」爆發，鳳林當地也發生張七郎、張宗仁、張果仁父子 3 人同時入獄、被捕殺害的悲劇。