It was at this point that Tan's position as a political leader of the global overseas Chinese community was cemented. Building civilization As a child, Tan studied in a private village school, and the traditional aspects of his mindset created during this time lasted into his later years, including his insistence on using traditional bookkeeping notation.
他的全球華僑政治領袖地位即在這一時期確立。師法「文明國」陳嘉庚年少時在鄉塾讀書，他的思想有傳統的一面，例如直到晚年，他在新加坡一直用中國古老的數字記號（〡、〢、〣、〤、〥、〦、〧、〨、〩）來記帳。