Around this time, he learned about Sun Yat-sen through Chin-shohaku (陳少白) who was exiled in Japan as the coupe in Canton by Kochukai (興中会) led by Sun Yat-sen was unsuccessful, which further strengthened his will to go to China.
その頃、孫文の元で行われた興中会の広州起義に失敗して日本に亡命していた陳少白と出会い、孫文のことを知って渡航の意思を強くする。