太平洋战争爆发后,新加坡、马来西亚先后沦陷,不少爱国进步的华裔文化名人逃亡到印度尼西亚苏门答腊。他们在十分艰苦的环境中,顽强地开展抗日救国斗争,其中,陈嘉庚、胡愈之、巴人三位最为突出,可谓南洋抗战中的文化三杰。他们的事迹及作品,对我的文学思想的形成和文艺创作风格的影响很大。我永远衷心感念他们。陈嘉庚:不愧为华侨旗帜民族光辉 After the outbreak of the Pacific War, Singapore and Malaysia successively occupied each other. Many Chinese-American cultural figures who had enjoyed patriotic progress escaped to Sumatra, Indonesia. In a very difficult environment, they stubbornly carried out the anti-Japanese and national salvation struggle. Among them, the three most prominent tragedies of Tan Kah Kee, Hu Yu-ch’i and Ba are the three cultural masters of the Sino-Japanese War. Their stories and works have a great influence on the formation of my literary thoughts and the style of literary and artistic creation. I will always sincerely thank them. Tan Kah Kee: worthy of the national flag of overseas Chinese glory