 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ang akaberekwa musi waMay 25, 1894 muBandung, Dutch East Indies. Mhuri yake yakatevera madzitateguru avo kuNanan, Fujian uye vabereki vake, Hong Songmei naChen Cui Niang, vaibata chitoro chezvokudya. Akanga ane dzidzo yokutanga mumutauro weMalay neHokkien uye akabva anyoresa muchikoro cheTiong Hoa Hwee Koan. Mushure mekupedza pachikoro cheTHHK akaenda kuChina kunodzidza kuJNXT Jinan Xuetang, inozivikanwawo seKay Lam Hak Tong, chikoro chakagadzirirwa maChinese ekunze muNanjing. Ichi chikoro ndicho chakatangira Yunivhesiti yeJinan yemazuva ano. Ang akanga achiri kudzidza ikoko apo Revolution ya1911kwakaparuka, kuchimumanikidza kugumisa fundo dzake ndokudzokera kuDutch East Indies. Pakudzokera kwake kuIndia akava mudzidzisi, kutanga paCiamis muna 1912 na 1913, uye ipapo muna 1917 muTasikmalaya. Munguva iyoyo akatanga kufarira nhau uye kunyora. 