As people did not attach much importance to education at that time, and his uncle could not afford to raise a total of four children, he only received a few years of instruction from private tutors.
當時沒有讀書的環境和風氣，四個兄弟無法都去讀書，他只上過幾年的私塾，因而他要儘量給孩子受教育的機會，以彌補自己的缺憾。