During his stay in the U.S., he raised a national flag of the Republic of China in the courtyard of his house so people would not mistake him for a Japanese, and planted hundreds of plum blossom trees to glorify the national flower of his homeland.
在美國環蓽庵居住的時候，他特地在院子裡樹立一面大型的中華民國國旗，為的是讓外國人知道，這兒住的是中國人而不是日本人。他在園中種梅百株，為的是：「慇勤付與兒孫輩，識得梅花是國魂」。