In order to recruit renowned teachers for all the different levels of schools in Jimei, Tan went all the way to Beijing, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang. He even once thought of inviting Wang Jingwei to be the principal of Xiamen University.
陳嘉庚為了替集美各級學校訪求名師，遠赴北京、江蘇、浙江各地，一度還想聘請汪精衛擔任廈門大學的校長呢！