What was especially "heterodox and rebellious" was that after the Sino-Japanese War broke out in 1937 he was determined to stay loyal to his ancestral homeland, remaining close to his fellow students from China and hoping to sneak into the mainland.
尤其「離經叛道」的是，中日戰爭爆發後，邱永漢回歸祖國的心願堅定，不僅和當時在日本讀書的中國同學走得很近，還想偷渡到大陸去。