這篇論文是以20世紀及二戰前的兩位華人領袖為例，說明他們在與中國維持政治結盟的同時，又活躣於馬來亞本地的政治活動。這篇論文除了探索他們政治的活動外，也會論述他們對宗教活動的參與，將中國的信仰移植到新的故鄉。20世紀到二戰前是馬來亞華人從移國到故國的重要時期，這篇論文將梳理在兩個故鄉當中，不論是想像或真實的故鄉，兩者之間如何取得平衡。

This paper will examine the lives of two Chinese who were caught in this situation of shifting homeland by maintaining political allegiance to both homelands between 1900-1941. The paper argues that this situation represents a very important phase in the history of the Chinese in Malaysia as the Chinese began to adapt to the idea of a new homeland in Malaya by not only shifting their political allegiance but also transplanting their religious systems to their new homeland. Others, torn between the two homelands, sought to maintain a balance between the two, thus creating a situation in which they operated in the two homelands, each representing a homeland that was either real or imagined.