Tan Kah-kee's burning desire to promote education in his home province took a bolder stride when he was on the way to becoming a multi-millionaire. In October 1916, he sent his brother,Tan Keng-hean(Chen Jingxian, 陈敬贤), back to Jimei to found a secondary school and a normal school. In 1918 when the two schools were officially started, he personally laid down the school motto "sincerity and perseverance”.