Lee's Managing Greater Taiwan, which promotes his ideas for running the nation, recounts this anecdote: While enrolled at the Tanshui Public School, Lee's father bought him a children's encyclopedia that the boy had long admired. At the cost of three yuan--when the elder Lee's monthly pay came to just 12--it represented a lot of hard work.
在宣揚李登輝治國理念的《經營大台灣》一書中，記載了這樣一個故事：在念淡水公學校期間，一本李登輝期盼好久的兒童百科全書，花了父親三塊錢；對照李金龍當時每月區區二十元的收入，這些錢可意味著好一陣子的辛苦攢積。