In the early 1920s, China was in a chaotic condition under the rule of warlords with our own people fighting amongst each other. My father kept his name quiet and went to Southeast Asia where he started a private school, himself teaching Chinese classics.
廿年代早期的局勢相當混亂，軍閥割據，自己人打自己人，父親於是隱姓埋名，流亡南洋，在怡保改行開私塾，自己教起古書來。