Tan Tock Seng - Hokkien philanthropist in Spore

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http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/chz/chineseoverseas/oc_pioneer_singapore.htm

陈笃生（1798－1850）

新加坡新开埠後，马六甲华人陆续迁移入境，找活和谋求发展，陈笃生就是其中之一。他年青抵步找三餐，靠勤俭从，蔬菜、水果和家禽的买卖，积蓄了此钱，就在当今之吻基（Boat Quay）沿河开店，经营土产生意。三年之後生意顺利，有机遇与英人怀特黑德先生（J.H.Whitehead of Shaw, Whitehead & C.）合伙做投机生意，赚了不少钱，他也和其他穷困出身的富人一样，经过一番甜酸苦辣的艰苦奋斗之後，也饱尝人间温暖，往往是老而行善济世。陈氏行善而颇广，从排解英人间之纠纷，施棺账粮济贫，到创建遐迩皆知的陈笃生医院。小者亦有捐助恒山亭，天福宫之佳谈！

陈氏创办医院动机，很可能与宋旺相提及的情况有关：因为当时英政府没有周全的贫民医院措置，实际上等于没有医院，呈现出求送无门之状态！一八四四年报端就有如下之报导：「一些患病的华人，麻疯病人和其他患病者时常大群在市区几乎各街道上出现来往……」

陈氏之公德心和善行，获得政府的倚重，一八四六年，他被封为第一位华人太平局绅。

本文参考资料

邱新民〈慈善家陈笃生陈金钟父子〉，见邱新民《新加坡先驱人物》增订本。新加坡：胜友书局，1991。页86－90。

〈陈笃生父子传略〉，见唐志尧编撰《新加坡华侨志》。新加坡：华侨文化出版社，1960。页2650。

〈陈笃生先生〉，见许教正主编《东南亚人物志》。新加坡：许教正出版，1965。页A1。

〈陈笃生〉，见柯木林主编《新马历史人物列传》。新加坡：教育出版有限公司，1995。页86。

宋旺相著；叶书德译《新加坡华人百年史》。新加坡：中华总商会出版，1993。页21，38，52，53，54，55。

 

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陈笃生（1798－1850）

新加坡新开埠後，马六甲华人陆续迁移入境，找活和谋求发展，陈笃生就是其中之一。他年青抵步找三餐，靠勤俭从，蔬菜、水果和家禽的买卖，积蓄了此钱，就在当今之吻基（Boat Quay）沿河开店，经营土产生意。三年之後生意顺利，有机遇与英人怀特黑德先生（J.H.Whitehead of Shaw, Whitehead & C.）合伙做投机生意，赚了不少钱，他也和其他穷困出身的富人一样，经过一番甜酸苦辣的艰苦奋斗之後，也饱尝人间温暖，往往是老而行善济世。陈氏行善而颇广，从排解英人间之纠纷，施棺账粮济贫，到创建遐迩皆知的陈笃生医院。小者亦有捐助恒山亭，天福宫之佳谈！

陈氏创办医院动机，很可能与宋旺相提及的情况有关：因为当时英政府没有周全的贫民医院措置，实际上等于没有医院，呈现出求送无门之状态！一八四四年报端就有如下之报导：「一些患病的华人，麻疯病人和其他患病者时常大群在市区几乎各街道上出现来往……」

陈氏之公德心和善行，获得政府的倚重，一八四六年，他被封为第一位华人太平局绅。

本文参考资料

邱新民〈慈善家陈笃生陈金钟父子〉，见邱新民《新加坡先驱人物》增订本。新加坡：胜友书局，1991。页86－90。

〈陈笃生父子传略〉，见唐志尧编撰《新加坡华侨志》。新加坡：华侨文化出版社，1960。页2650。

〈陈笃生先生〉，见许教正主编《东南亚人物志》。新加坡：许教正出版，1965。页A1。

〈陈笃生〉，见柯木林主编《新马历史人物列传》。新加坡：教育出版有限公司，1995。页86。

宋旺相著；叶书德译《新加坡华人百年史》。新加坡：中华总商会出版，1993。页21，38，52，53，54，55。

Google translate

Chen Yusheng (1798-1850)

After the new opening of Singapore, the Chinese in Malacca gradually moved into the country to find a living and seek development. Chen Yusheng is one of them. He was younger to find three meals, relying on diligence, the sale of vegetables, fruits and poultry, saved this money, and opened the store along the river in today's Boat Quay. After three years of successful business, there was an opportunity to cooperate with the British JH Whitehead of Shaw (Whitehead & C.) to make a speculative business and earn a lot of money. He also went through the same as other rich people who were poor. After the hard work of sweet and sour, it is also full of human warmth, often old and good. Chen’s deeds are good and wide, from the disputes between the British and the British, to the poverty of the family, to the creation of the well-known Chen Yusheng Hospital. The younger also donated to Hengshan Pavilion, the best talk of Tianfu Palace!

Chen’s motivation to start a hospital is likely to be related to the situation mentioned by Song Wang: because the British government did not have a comprehensive slum hospital treatment at the time, in fact it was equal to no hospital, showing a state of nowhere to be sent! In 1844, the newspaper reported the following: "Some Chinese, leprosy and other sick people often appear in almost every street in the city..."

Chen’s public morality and good deeds gained the government’s reliance. In 1846, he was named the first Chinese Taiping Bureau.

References in this article

Qiu Xinmin (philosopher Chen Yusheng, Chen Jinzhong and his son), see Qiu Xinmin's "Singapore Pioneers" updated. Singapore: Shengyou Bookstore, 1991. Pages 86-90.

"Chen Yusheng's father and son biography", see Tang Zhixuan compiling "Singapore Overseas Chinese". Singapore: Overseas Chinese Culture Press, 1960. Page 2650.

Mr. Chen Yusheng, see Xu Jiaozheng, editor of Southeast Asian People's Records. Singapore: Xu Jiaozheng is published, 1965. Page A1.

<Chen Yusheng>, see Ke Mulin, editor-in-chief of the New Historical Figures of Xinma. Singapore: Education Publishing Co., Ltd., 1995. Page 86.

Song Wang is in harmony; Ye Shude translated "Singapore Chinese Centennial History". Singapore: Chinese Chamber of Commerce, 1993. Pages 21, 38, 52, 53, 54, 55.

 

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I can introduce you to Mr Tan Tock Seng if you are interested.

 

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TTSH Heritage
Founder's History

Mr Tan Tock Seng was born in Malacca in 1798. He was the third son of an immigrant father from Fujian province in China and a Peranakan mother. As a young man full of entrepreneurial drive, Tan Tock Seng ventured to Singapore in 1819 to start a small roadside business. He would buy fruits, vegetables and fowl from the countryside and hawk the fresh food in the city.

Read Our Founder’s Personal Note here.
Hardworking and thrifty, he saved up enough money to open a shop in Boat Quay and proved to be a fine businessman. It was likely that he spoke English and he made his fortune when he entered into some speculation with an English friend, Mr J.H. Whitehead.
Mr Tan owned large tracts of prime land and properties. In time, he became an influential Chinese leader and was the first Asian to be made a Justice of Peace by the Governor. He was skilful at settling feuds among the Chinese.
He was known for his generosity and compassion. He gave widely to charitable causes, for example, the burial of destitute Chinese, as a proper funeral was important for the Chinese, rich or poor. He was also one of the founders of Singapore's oldest temple, the Thian Hock Keng Temple at Telok Ayer.
In 1844, Mr Tan stepped forward to gift 7,000 Spanish Dollars to build the first hospital for the poor. Back in those days, there were no proper medical facilities for the common people. Located on Pearl's Hill and first called the Chinese Pauper Hospital, Mr Tan made a call for the hospital to care not only the Chinese, but also the "sick poor of all nations".
Mr Tan died in 1850 at age 52. An obituary in the Singapore Free Press described him as one of Singapore's "earliest settlers as well as most wealthy inhabitants." The paper also praised his contribution as a Justice of Peace:

 

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there was no lack of food around this porky pig. jiak kah pui pui ang ang bak bak. his spitting image.

 

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Other than Raffles, Tan Tock Seng was the most famous then!

陈笃生 - 族谱记载


提起陈笃生，众所周知，陈笃生医院的前身平民医院是他出资创办的。他也是天福宫草创时期的大董事（地位等于董事长），在新加坡开埠初期的历史名人中，除了莱佛士之外，有谁的名声比他更响亮？然而，由于史料缺乏，人们对于这位曾对新加坡社会建设——尤其是社会公益事业做过重大贡献的人物，了解不多，讹传不少。 所幸的是，陈笃生家族留下了一部族谱，有条不紊地记载了从陈笃生在明朝的先祖，一直到19世纪末的家族繁衍史，可以帮助人们了解这位先驱人物及其后人的生平事迹，也可以帮助历史学者纠正一些记载上的错误。

 

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His family book said his birth date in history book was wrong. He was born much later and so when he died was only 43 and not 52. Another case of good people die young!

https://baike.baidu.com/item/陈笃生

从族谱中，陈笃生的父亲是陈月中，母亲是侯玉娘，祖籍福建海澄。这位老先生的寿命相当长，逝世的时候葬在马六甲武吉新绒。陈笃生的母亲侯氏也长寿，活了81岁，也葬于马六甲。陈笃生本人在马六甲出生，后来迁居新加坡。1850年在新加坡逝世，葬于欧南山山麓，族谱上将欧南山称为振成山。按族谱的记载，陈笃生逝世时才43岁，而不是一般记载的52岁。

 

[ginfreely]

Other than Raffles, Tan Tock Seng was the most famous then!

陈笃生 - 族谱记载


提起陈笃生，众所周知，陈笃生医院的前身平民医院是他出资创办的。他也是天福宫草创时期的大董事（地位等于董事长），在新加坡开埠初期的历史名人中，除了莱佛士之外，有谁的名声比他更响亮？然而，由于史料缺乏，人们对于这位曾对新加坡社会建设——尤其是社会公益事业做过重大贡献的人物，了解不多，讹传不少。 所幸的是，陈笃生家族留下了一部族谱，有条不紊地记载了从陈笃生在明朝的先祖，一直到19世纪末的家族繁衍史，可以帮助人们了解这位先驱人物及其后人的生平事迹，也可以帮助历史学者纠正一些记载上的错误。

Founder of Thian Hock Keng temple too!

 

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I can introduce you to Mr Tan Tock Seng if you are interested.

His family book said his birth date in history book was wrong. He was born much later and so when he died was only 43 and not 52. Another case of good people die young!

https://baike.baidu.com/item/陈笃生

从族谱中，陈笃生的父亲是陈月中，母亲是侯玉娘，祖籍福建海澄。这位老先生的寿命相当长，逝世的时候葬在马六甲武吉新绒。陈笃生的母亲侯氏也长寿，活了81岁，也葬于马六甲。陈笃生本人在马六甲出生，后来迁居新加坡。1850年在新加坡逝世，葬于欧南山山麓，族谱上将欧南山称为振成山。按族谱的记载，陈笃生逝世时才43岁，而不是一般记载的52岁。

Why some people lived until 43 can do so much good and yet others like @GoldenDragon a retired police that’s supposed to be good but not only not good but behave like a pimp? Son of whore ex policeman @GoldenDragon keep your MR Tan Tock Seng for your whore daughter.

 

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Remember to thank good Hokkien philanthropist Tan Tock Seng when anyone go to Tan Tock Seng hospital ok?

 

[GoldenDragon]

Why some people lived until 43 can do so much good and yet others like @GoldenDragon a retired police that’s supposed to be good but not only not good but behave like a pimp? Son of whore ex policeman @GoldenDragon keep your MR Tan Tock Seng for your whore daughter.

Thank you Madam for the compliments. I like.

 

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I can introduce you to Mr Tan Tock Seng if you are interested.

siaoginbye must be fantasising fucking a corpse

 

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More hokkien threads for your clever merging to mess up and massacre hokkien history @Froggy