taiwan railways in 1976 chose the name tzu-chiang through the use of a riders' panel, based on forty internally selected names given in interviews of over 3,000 randomly selected riders, tallied and reported to the provincial government for final decision. these internally selected names included kai-shek (chung-cheng), president (zong tong), fearless (wu de), humble (ji che), divine state (shen ju), counterattack (fan gong, a reference to the national desire to take military action against mainland china at that time), east china sea (tong hi), safety (ping an), etiquette (lee yee), human rights (ren chen), victory (sheng li), freedom (zee yu), complexity of god (fu shen), practical (tah she), four virtues (sss wae), etc. the statistics showed that tzu-chiang, victory, and freedom were the top choices gathering 33% of votes each. tra reported this finding to provincial government, and the provincial chairman hsieh tung-min at the time chose the name tzu-chiang, hoping that these cars will "respect the homeland, strengthen self (tzu-chiang); respond to change without fear" (莊敬自強，處變不驚), and can self-strengthen without rest (自強不息).