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Chang was born with an aristocratic lineage and educated bilingually in Shanghai. She gained literary prominence in Japanese-occupied Shanghai between and However, after the Communists defeated the Nationalists in the Chinese Civil War, she fled the country. In the late s and early s, she was rediscovered by scholars such as C. Hsia and Shui Jing.

Together with the re-examination of literary histories in the post- Mao era during the late s and early s, she rose again to literary prominence in Taiwan , Hong Kong , Mainland China , and the Chinese diaspora communities.

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In , when Chang was two years old, the family relocated to Tianjin. When she was three, her father introduced her to Tang poetry. Beginning in , her father often brought back prostitutes or concubines and became heavily addicted to opium , which led to fights between her parents. During this time, Chang's mother decided to travel with her aunt to study in France.

At the age of 18, Chang contracted dysentery. Instead of seeking medical treatment, her father beat her and forced her to stay in her bedroom for six months.