馬來亞戰前領袖的形成：以李孝式為例

The Formation of the Pre-war Leaders of Malaya: H.S. Lee as a Case Study

從二次大戰前的中國國民黨的支持者、雪蘭莪抗日救亡運動的發起人，到戰後參與本土政治建立馬華公會，爭取馬來亞獨立，進入內閣擔任建國後的第一任財政部長，李孝式的一生可以說是馬來亞華人社會身分認同轉折的歷史縮影。本文主要研究這位在1920年代中才落戶馬來亞的劍橋畢業生如何在短短10年內迅速崛起，從一位管理家族生意的企業家躋身海外華人領袖（僑領），以此解釋他在戰後時期仍然保持其領袖的地位，甚至在獨立後，吸納進入馬來亞政府內閣。

From a Kuomintang supporter and a leader of Selangor anti-Japanese movement before Pacific War; to one of the founding members of Malayan (later Malaysian) Chinese Association (MCA), part of the Malayan independent delegation to London to negotiate for the country’s independence and first Finance Minister of Malaya. The life of H. S. Lee could say as a microcosm of the identity changes of the Malayan Chinese. This paper will focus on the formative years of HS Lee in Malaya, from a Cambridge graduate, arrived in Malaya in the mid-1920s to manage family business, rapidly rise in just a decade as one of the Chinese community leaders in Selangor, in order to explain the restoration of Lee’s position as a leader in the postwar period and even served as first finance minister after independence.