Lifting China through education Tan also noticed that of the US '300 universities at the time, over 280 were funded in part by donations from businessmen, while in China, the wealthy were either hedonistic wastrels or misers who hoarded their money for their children and grandchildren.
興學救國他也注意到，當時美國 300 所大學中，有 280 多所是由商家私人捐辦的，而中國富有者，或只圖享受，揮金如土，或當守財奴，只為子孫，對公益事業一毛不拔，不知善盡義務。