Striving in tragic times Well-dressed and well-fed, Lee had a childlike concern for those less fortunate. A devout Christian, Lee once recalled in a sermon that the tenants of his family's fields would bring presents of ducks and chickens every New Year, hoping to renew their leases. Seeing the hardships of the tenant farmers, Lee developed in his youth a deep sensitivity to social inequities.
虔誠信奉基督教的李登輝，有次在講道時回憶，小時候每逢年節，家中佃農就會來送雞送鴨，目的是希望能繼續租到耕地；看到佃農的苦，少年時代的他對社會的不平等就深有感觸。