1868年,司徒美堂(著名旅美华侨领袖,中国致公党创始人)出生在广东开平县一个贫苦家庭,6岁丧父,读了4年私塾之后,到新会县城的一个小作坊里当学徒。1880年,司徒美堂远渡重洋到美国谋生,在唐人街一家餐馆做杂工。当时,美国社会掀起一阵强大的“排华”逆流,华人备受歧视,经常遭到美国流氓欺负。为了保护自己的利益,很多华侨加入了当时北美华侨下层群众的一个最大的民间结社组织——洪门致公堂 In 1868, Stuart Meitang (famous overseas Chinese leader of the United States, founder of China Zhi Gong Dang) was born in Kaiping County, Guangdong Province, a poor family, 6-year-old lost his father, after reading 4 years of private school, to a small workshop in Xinhui County Apprentice. In 1880, Stuart went across the ocean to the United States to make a living and worked as a handyman at a Chinatown restaurant. At that time, the United States set off a powerful countercurrent to “China’s republican China.” The Chinese were highly discriminated and were often bullied by American rogue. In order to protect their own interests, many overseas Chinese joined the largest civil society organization in North America at the time, namely Hongmenzhi Gongtang Tang