China was then at war with Japan, and Kinmen was under Japanese occupation. Because Lee's father didn't want his children to receive a Japanese-style education, young Lee received a classical Confucian education at a private school. That is where he achieved his deep mastery of classical Chinese literature and his abiding identification with traditional Chinese values.
由於當時日軍侵華，佔領金門，父親不願子女受日式教育，李錫奇兒時讀過教授四書五經的私塾，打下他漢文的基礎和對中國傳統價值觀的認同。