A: Weren't Chinese gentlemen like this themselves in bygone days? They were literati who wrote and composed verse, they were artists skilled at calligraphy, painting, music and chess, and they were politicians who took examinations to become officials.
從那時起，除文獻研究，我也踏入東南亞作實地調查，有時是自己一個人去，有時則邀集四、五好友一道，像貴社介紹過的天理大學中村孝志先生便是其中一位。問：以您對中國歷史地理的瞭解來研究華僑，是否有不同其他學者的見解？