This was all the more so after war broke out between China and Japan and all private Chinese schools were outlawed. Many joined poetry societies so as not to forget their Chinese. Most of the private schools 'former teachers joined too, as the societies assumed many of the schools' old functions.
尤其後來中日戰爭開始，私塾被全面禁止，參加詩社更有不忘中文的目的，私塾的老師多半也是詩社成員，多少取代私塾的部份功能。